Acting Workshop Creating Situation and Psychophysical Action - II

24 May 2025 - This workshop explores the transformative impact of external influences and environmental factors on internal action in acting. Concepts such as “atmosphere,” “energy,” and “external force” are experienced through the actor’s body and mind, investigating various sources of dramatic situation creation on stage.

Acting Workshop Creating Situation and Psychophysical Action - I

17 May 2025 - This workshop investigates the concept of the “player” in acting, exploring the relationship between internal centers and psychophysical action. Through experiential work on the body’s and voice’s centers, participants examine how action emerges in the unity of body and mind.

Seminar Max Horkheimer and the Foundations of Critical Theory: Problematizing the Crisis of Metaphysics, Science and Society - Ateş Uslu

Thursday, April 6th, 18:30, Ateş Uslu

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Blog 10 Interesting Books on Jazz Published in 2019

Our 2019 evaluations continue with interesting books on jazz, written in English, released within last year…

Blog The Sophisticated Giant: Dexter Gordon

From Miles Davis’ shocking tales to the pain and blues of Billie Holiday, the jazz autobiography has become essential to our understanding of the genre and its

Blog Tracing the deep marks of a music legend: Ahmet Ertegün

On the anniversary of his birthday, we are looking at some of the highlights from this legend’s life.

Blog The Other Miles Davis

Miles Davis always dressed well and always dressed sharp; his fashion, according to Marcus Miller, “a statement of who he was and how he wanted to present himself.”