Acting For Life Advanced

Welcome to AFL Advanced — Acting for Life: AdvancedDates: 16th of October - 4th of December / Every Friday / 19:15 - 21:45 / Zeeburgerpad 22, 1018 AJ AmsterdamActing for Life: Advanced is the next level of AFL training, designed for participants who already have a foundation in acting practice and want to go deeper into human behaviour, communication, creativity, and transformation.Building on the core principles of Acting for Life, the Advanced course moves from basic presence and expression towards a deeper understanding of how we act, what we want, how we influence others, how we respond to circumstances, and what exists beneath the words we speak.Led by Juliana Berezhnaya, theatre and opera directress and educator, and co-led by Eleonora Shafran, an intuitive and visceral actress and acting coach, the course combines professional acting techniques with practical exploration of behaviour, communication, and creative freedom — both on stage and in real life.Course Format8 classes2.5 hours per sessionPractice-first approachLed in EnglishSmall groupIndividual attentionAdvanced-level trainingEach session combines:training → exploration → applied practice → feedbackCourse StructureVoice, Speech & RhetoricDeeper work with voice, articulation, speech, expression, rhetoric, and the ability to communicate with clarity, confidence, and impact.Attention, Improvisation & CreativityDeveloping spontaneity, imagination, creative thinking, flexibility, and the ability to respond freely and precisely in the moment.Emotions & Emotional FreedomExpanding emotional range, responsiveness, expression, and the ability to move between different emotional states without losing presence and control.Objective, Action & SubtextExploring objective, intention, action, circumstances, context, and subtext — understanding what we really want and what we are doing to achieve it. Psychology of CommunicationWorking with interaction, listening, relationships, status, influence, boundaries, and verbal and non-verbal communication.The 12 Archetypes of Human BehaviourExploring twelve archetypal behavioural patterns as different ways of acting, communicating, responding, leading, connecting, and influencing others.Transformation: Animality & Object WorkUsing physical transformation, observation, animality, and object-based work to move beyond habitual behaviour and expand expressive and creative range.Real-Life Situations & Psychodramatic PracticeExploring real-life situations through theatrical re-enactment, role work, different perspectives, and alternative ways of acting and communicating. Who Is This Course For?Acting for Life: Advanced is especially designed for:Acting for Life graduates ready to continue their training on a deeper levelParticipants with previous structured acting trainingArtists and performers wishing to expand their expressive and behavioural rangeProfessionals interested in advanced communication, presence, creativity, and human behaviourIf you have not completed Acting for Life, we recommend looking through the AFL foundation topics. If work with body, voice, attention, imagination, emotions, contact, and improvisation already feels familiar, you may be ready to join.Priority is given to AFL alumni.AFL Advanced can also be taken in combination with THEATRE LaB, where these tools can be applied within a real creative process leading to a performance in front of a live audience.Techniques We Work WithAFL Advanced draws on a broad range of professional acting and theatre practices, including the Russian psychological school and Stanislavski system, Michael Chekhov’s psychophysical and imaginative approach, and the expressive, physical theatrical tradition associated with Roman Viktyuk’s school.These influences are combined with our own directorial, acting, and teaching practices, rather than following one fixed methodology. The work brings together psychological, physical, imaginative, and improvisational tools to explore human behaviour, archetypes, rhetoric, communication, transformation, and psychodramatic theatrical practice.The focus remains practical: expanding behavioural and expressive range, developing creative freedom, and learning to act and communicate with greater awareness, precision, flexibility, and presence.Website: artplatforma.euInstagram: @artplatforma.eu