"We live in a new era in a human civilization where mediatization and the internet confine us to a different kind of thinking and learning. In today's visual culture, permeated by notion of culture as well, the focus is being shifted from linguistic-conceptual thinking to a creative one. Creativity is much more appreciated, and so are all those things that machines are barely, if at all, capable of executing. These skills are can most effectively be acquired through the arts, including theatre. Therefore, I believe the arts the education should receive more emphasis in education and in corporate training programs, and that it is crucial for the "high culture" of the theatre not to lose its social influence. Change must be acknowledged and turned to our own benefit. It is not enough to simply use and abuse traditions and knowledge, we must consider them and take note of our new realizations in a new notebook. For that, we need new sheets of paper, new colors, new pens, and new thoughts."

Zoltán Balázs
 

Workshops led by Zoltán Balázs

2020

Workshop for actors (Alice in bed)
University of Arts
Târgu Mureș, Romania

Workshop for actors (Yvonne)
Fészek Artist’s Club
Budapest, Hungary

2019

Lecture - Science in the Pub
Theme: „The Atypical Theatre – Future and Distinctiveness”
Jurisics Castle - Institute of Advanced Studies (iASK)
Kőszeg, Hungary

International Conference
Theme: „Ancient Greek Tragedy at the Intersection of Politics and Performance”
The main organizer: ANALOGIO International Festival, Athens, Greece
In collaboration with the Department of Philosophy of the Kapodistrian University of Athens and the International Playwrights’ Forum ITI/ UNESCO
Benaki Museum/Museum of Greek Culture – ANALOGIO International Festival
Athens, Greece

International workshop for actors, dancers and choreographers
Metropol Teatri – 21. SKAMPA International Contemporary Theatre Festival
Tirana, Albania

2018

International workshop for actors
Istropolitana Project – International Festival of Theatre Schools
Bratislava, Slovakia

Workshop for actors (Gardenia)
Odeon Theatre
Bucharest, Romania

Creative workshop for actors (August)
University of Arts
Târgu Mureș, Romania

2017

Creative workshop for actors and opera singers (Csongor and Tünde)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

Workshop for actors (The Lesson)
Academy of Drama and Film
Budapest, Hungary

Workshop for actors (Three sisters)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

2016

Creative workshop for actors and musicians (Dada Cabaret)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

International Conference - Hungarian theatrical panorama
Theme: “Independent theatrical aspects of contemporary Hungarian theatrical life”
Théâtre Saint Gervais - "Ici c'est ailleurs" Festival
Geneva, Switzerland

International workshop for actors
Musiktheatertage Wien Festival
Viena, Austria

Workshop for actors (How to explain the History of communism to mental patients)
Trap Door Theatre
Chicago, USA

2015

Creative workshop for actors, singers and musicians (Great Sound int he Rush)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

2014

Creative workshop for actors and public (Exercises in Style)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

2013

International workshop for actors, directors and dancers
Teatro Potlach - Intercultural Festival Laboratory of Theatre Practices
Fara Sabina, Italy

International workshop for directors
Maladype Base - Experimental Theatre Academy/Project PNA II.
Budapest, Hungary

2012

Creative workshop for actors and directors (Macbeth)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

Creative workshop for actors and directors
Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Workshop for actors (The Master and Margarita)
Radu Stanca National Theatre
Sibiu, Romania

Workshop for actors (Don Carlos/Egmont)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

2011

Shakespeare Conference
Theme: „In the role of Hamlet - in performance directed by Tim Carrol”
Mogyoróssy Library - International Shakespeare Festival
Gyula, Hungary

Workshop for actors (Tristan and Isolde)
Mini Teater
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Workshop for puppet theatre actors (Swan Lake)
Budapest Puppet Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

Creative workshop for actors
Holland International Theatre Festival
Amsterdam, Netherland

Creative workshop for actors
SIBFEST International Theatre Festival
Sibiu, Romania

Creative workshop for actors and civilians (Inferno)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

2010

Workshop for actors (The Kitchen)
Divadlo Andreja Bagara
Nitra, Slovakia

Creative workshop for actors and directors
Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television - Borštnik International Theatre Festival
Maribor, Slovenia

Creative workshop for actors, directors and dancers
INTERFACE 2013 – Used the city
Košice, Slovakia

Workshop for actors (The Return of Ulysses)
Csiky Gergely Theatre
Timișoara, Romania

2009

Workshop for puppet theatre actors (Faust I.-II.)
Budapest Puppet Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

Workshop for actors (Platonov)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

Open rehearsals - creative workshop for actors and public (King Ubu)
Maladype Base
Budapest, Hungary

2008

Workshop for actors (Egg(s)Hell)
Thália Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

International workshop for opera singers (The Vampire)
Mezzo Opera Competition and Festival

Reök Palace, Szeged, Hungary

Workshop for actors (Leonce and Lena) 
Bárka Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

2007

Creative workshop for opera singers and puppet theatre actors (The Mikado)
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music - Academy of Drama and Film
Budapest, Hungary

Creative workshop for actors and directors (Bolero – The Big march)
Middentity Projekt – International Theatre Festival
Nitra, Slovakia

Workshop for actors (The Tempest)
Bárka Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

2006

Workshop for actors (Acropolis)
Bárka Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

2005

Workshop for Actors (Empedocles)
Bárka Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

Creative workshop for actors and opera singers (Pelléas and Mélisande)
Bárka Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

2004

Creative workshop for actors and opera singers (The Blacks)
Bárka Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

2003

Workshop for Actors (Theomachia)
Bárka Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

Workshop for actors (The School for Fools)
Szkéné Theatre
Budapest, Hungary

2002

Creative workshop for actors (Leonce and Lena)
State Academy of Performing Arts - UTE
Stuttgart, Germany

2001

Workshop for Actors (Jack, or the Submission) 
Hungarian Roma Parliament
Budapest, Hungary