- Workshop
- Fri 27 Nov
Screen acting
with Dr. Dan Leberg, Roel Twijnstra
- Date
- Friday 27 November
- Time
- 12:00–16:00
- Duration
- 240 min
- Room
- Zaal 1
This workshop explores screen acting through theory and practice. Dr. Dan Leberg will introduce the role of empathy in acting, followed by live demonstrations and scene studies led by Roel Twijnstra and Dan. Selected actors will perform prepared scenes, offering participants insight into acting for the camera.
Speakers
Dr. Dan Leberg
Dr. Leberg is a professor in film and media studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. He often addresses the intersection of cognition and artistic creation. He is particularly interested in screen acting practices, from cultural analyses of specific performances to actorly collaborations with filmmaking technologies such as motion-capture, prosthetics, and puppets. He has also also worked extensively on politics- and activism-based documentary cinema through his long association with the Cinema Politica Network as a programmer, administrator, and local organizer.
Roel Twijnstra
Roel Twijnstra is a director, actor, author and screen acting teacher with extensive experience in the Netherlands and South Africa. From 2016 to 2023, he served as Head of School at AFDA’s Durban campus, where he developed a three-year screen acting curriculum. He also directed and acted in South African theatre, television and film, winning the Simon Sabela Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2022. Since returning to the Netherlands in 2024, he has published his book Camera-acteren and teaches at the Amsterdam Film School.
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