A focused exploration of auditioning as an embodied practice—where technique meets presence and authentic performance emerges.
Join Tatiana Spivakova for a four-day immersive Lab dedicated to the art of auditioning—an experiential journey that bridges technique, presence, and authenticity. Designed for actors and performers seeking to deepen their craft, this intensive offers a safe, exploratory space to rediscover freedom within structure and truth within performance.
This Lab is a focused exploration of truthful, connected auditioning with the goal of helping you bring your full presence and authenticity into the casting room. Join a dedicated group of actors for an intensive four-day experience designed to deepen your grounding, sharpen your instincts, and elevate your audition craft.
Throughout the weekend, participants will work on translating personal truth into dynamic, moment-to-moment audition choices. Through physical connection, emotional access, and clear technique, you’ll learn how to bring ease, spontaneity, and confidence to every audition—whether it’s for stage, screen, or drama school.
For our short courses, participants are asked to prepare and learn a single piece of text. This helps you fully engage with our Lab methodology and explore how text can be embodied and emotionally expressed. You’re welcome to work solo or with a partner, in any language you’re most comfortable with.
If you’re unsure of what to choose, please feel free to browse our library of suggested text. For full details and guidance, please visit: Preparing for a Lab.
Originally created in Montreuil by Charles Pathé, the former glass-roofed film studio later hosted émigré artists led by Joseph Ermolieff, becoming Société des Films Albatros and producing over 1,200 films in a collaborative creative environment. Closed in the early sound-film era and later protected as heritage, the site reopened in 2001 as a multidisciplinary arts space. Today the Albatros Space welcomes filmmakers, performers, musicians, dancers, and visual artists, continuing its historic role as a shared place of artistic creation and experimentation.
Images and studio description are © Espace Albatros, Montreuil.
Rejoignez Tatiana Spivakova pour un Lab immersif de quatre jours consacré à l’art de l’audition — un parcours expérientiel qui relie technique, présence et authenticité. Conçu pour les acteurs et interprètes souhaitant approfondir leur pratique, cet intensif offre un espace sûr et exploratoire pour retrouver la liberté dans la structure et la vérité dans le jeu.
Ce Lab propose une exploration précise et vivante de l’audition juste et connectée, afin de vous aider à entrer en salle de casting avec toute votre présence et votre authenticité. Rejoignez un groupe d’acteurs engagé pour une expérience intensive de quatre jours pensée pour renforcer votre ancrage, affiner vos instincts et faire évoluer votre pratique de l’audition.
Au fil du stage, les participants travailleront à transformer leur vérité personnelle en propositions de jeu vivantes, instant après instant. Grâce au travail corporel, à l’accès aux émotions et à une technique claire, vous apprendrez à aborder chaque audition avec aisance, spontanéité et confiance — que ce soit pour la scène, la caméra ou une école d’art dramatique.
Tatiana is an international artist, actress, director, and writer with performances that span France, Spain, Switzerland, & more. As an associate artist of Physical Lab, she has collaborated with Yorgos for a decade, conducting Labs together and independently.
“An extraordinary experience. Three days of happiness, tears, magic in the heart. Three days where I said to myself, ‘You have the right to breathe, you have the right to exist. You have the right to let yourself be. To be seen as you are. To express yourself.”
“Magical—a moment of sharing, exchange, and self-discovery within an extraordinary group. Tatiana guided us through those four days of exploration with her energy, kindness, and gentleness. Simply brilliant!”
“Tatiana’s attention and philosophy create trust in each person so they can let go and free themselves in the work. This atmosphere is very precious and enjoyable to work in; everything becomes a pleasure!”
This six-day residency explores scenes from an early 20th-century Russian play that traces the arc of a human life as a poetic allegory. Using physical theatre tools, participants investigate presence, impulse, energy, and the body as an active force in storytelling. Through movement exercises, improvisation, and scene work, actors engage the text as a living landscape, uncovering meaning through the body and imagination. Rooted in the Physical Lab methodology, the residency emphasizes embodiment as a pathway to truthful, instinctive performance. The process unfolds as a collaborative laboratory where performers explore, experiment, and create together.
A four-day embodied exploration of the language of Federico García Lorca, focusing on desire, resistance, and physical presence through intensive scene and movement work. Using physical theatre tools and embodiment practices, participants investigate how Lorca’s imagery and rhythm can be activated through the body. Through exercises, improvisation, and focused scene exploration, actors develop greater awareness of impulse, tension, and emotional energy in performance. The lab invites performers to approach the text as a living force, allowing physical presence and instinct to shape the storytelling.
