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The World Theatre Training Institute AKT-ZENT was originally founded in 1995 as AKT-ZENT International Theatre Centre Berlin by Artistic Director Jurij Alschitz and Programme Director Christine Schmalor. Since 2011, AKT-ZENT has operated as the principal research centre for training methods of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) – the World Organisation for the Performing Arts. In 2017, the centre was renamed the World Theatre Training Institute to reflect new tasks and objectives within their broader educational remit and sphere of influence.
Since its foundation, AKT-ZENT has focused on developing new training methods and educational programmes aimed at professional actors and directors.[1] Between 1995 and 2009, AKT-ZENT conducted a three-year modular postgraduate programme in close partnership with the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow (GITIS).[2] The programme was implemented in Germany, Russia and across European partner institutions in Estonia, Italy, Sweden, Norway and Greece. From 1996 onwards, the organisation has since expanded to create a comprehensive training methodology including seminars, summer school academies, practical experimentation through laboratories, festival showcases and live performances. These projects were enabled to a large extent by the European Cultural Programmes Caleidoscope, Culture 2000 and Culture 2007-2013.[3] Specialised training programmes for acting teachers and theatre pedagogues have been advanced to create a new methodological awareness[4] of the teaching process itself thereby helping to foster innovation in the field of theatre education and to contribute to the upgrading of drama school teaching as a profession.[5][6][7] The bi-annual International Festival for Theatre Training Methods METHODIKA brings theatre makers together to exchange and discuss new training methods regarding teaching and rehearsal practice. Since its inception in 1999, masters of directing and teaching like César Brie, Grigory Hlady, Oleg Koudriachov, Oleg Liptsin, Iwana Masaki, Peter Oskarson, Rimas Tuminas, Anatoly Vasiliev have shared their specific approaches of actors training with colleagues.[8][9][10]
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