Company Anniversary Mc Speech

Just do not be sacred!

Image courtesy of Andreas Friedrich

There are people that leave a lasting influence, traces in you, which you discover only much later, perhaps only when it no longer these people are. Dorothea Gmelin was head of the drama school that I attended von1984 to 87 in Munich. I learned of her death just before Christmas, in October she was dead. Strange: The last weeks I had often dreamed of it! It was hard
Apprenticeship in this small private school. Dorothea had a high demand and its keen eye, its drama and passion for the cause of theater and acting, could not escape.
At a time where few people ever do anything of Tai Chi had heard Eutonie or Feldenkrais, were the supporting elements of their teaching, which she dedicated people like Toyo Kobajashi and Anna Triebel Thome .
Back then I was almost mad Tai Chi. I knew nothing about it. When Feldenkrais I fell asleep - every time! Did all this make sense?
Dorothea Gmelin was convinced of the usefulness of these methods. Body awareness, sensitivity, attentiveness (a word it was not then) and held the attention they relaxed for the basic principles of acting. If we then students are eagerly sought, with closed eyes sooooo deep and feeling better, then they called out to us: "Please be not too holy here"
What they wanted was truth, earth, emotions and expressions that had to do with the lived life, with our humanity.
And it was never perfect itself and certainly not holy. I have to cry, they laugh and be seen. They bounced and drummed like a dervish through the great hall as a 68 year old back then, fired at us and almost broke down when our game was just "furrrchtbarrr. She could rave and rave, she was overjoyed when we "hinbekamen. They mingled sometimes in our life that we could only roll their eyes. She just she was selbst.Vieles we wanted angezweifelt.Wir as a student at that time high! Secretly, we took elocution lessons or otherwise, because we thought, not the methods at our school would be sufficient.
find it strange I do today, when used in my own exercises and movements from Tai Chi How to light. The body remembers! As even the traces of the gentle movements are alive again. Much of the time of my training is in my current work even more to carry than my stage time. And it happens by itself, as if it was only now matured.
Although we are students at that time her acting classes held for antiquated - at least it was back 40 years that they had played even with the Munich Chamber of games - they had a good sense of new trends and admitted it, even if there have their lot off calls for tolerance needs. They often lay with the other teachers and teachers in the clinch.

There is not one of those three most important teachers I have mentioned the other day, but she and her school are still a key component of my work today. I am grateful and very happy.
With 92 years it has her acting-Studio 2008 closed. She died at the age of 94 - without being holy! has