Florence, the masterclass ‘The actor’s profession’ at the Zeffirelli Foundation

Florence, 8 June 2024 – After four years of collaboration with the Zeffirelli Foundation as a teacher of acting and directing courses, director Massimo Luconi and artistic director of the Radicondolifestival has undertaken a new and more complete process aimed at the professional training of young actors. There masterclass “The actor’s profession”, now in its fifth appointment, will take place over the two weekends of June: 14-16 and 21-23. The masterclasses can be attended individually, or as two complementary training sessions. In both cases, a certificate of attendance will be issued. The participants will work on Imprimatur by Alessandro Paschitto, a text of new Italian drama promoted by Riccione Teatro, which will be presented by the students in a test open to the public promoted by the Zeffirelli Foundation, on Sunday 16 and Sunday 23 June, at the end of the two masterclasses, as an outcome of training. If the planning and artistic conditions are met, at the discretion of the director and teacher Massimo Luconi, the project could be staged in the National Premiere at the Radicondolifestival 2024 in September. For information and registrations: [email protected] or call 055 281038. Working creatively in the world of entertainment, carrying out the complex profession of an actor, means seeking the vital energy that each of us possesses but which is often hidden or distorted, it means putting into play if themselves, activating their own internal dynamics. Acting is the final phase of a journey in which knowledge and awareness of one’s communicative potential are combined with the use of expressive tools. The profession of theater is a complex path of knowledge, a school of method and a discipline; it is a journey that allows us to approach the most authentic roots of ourselves, a laboratory of solutions, a place and a space to rediscover and strengthen one’s talents, skills and forgotten strengths. The Actor’s Profession is an in-depth journey into acting techniques and theatrical communication and is a masterclass held by Massimo Luconi, an established director in the theatrical and cinematographic field, with long experience alongside great masters such as Franco Zeffirelli, Luca Ronconi, Eduardo De Filippo, Mauro Bolognini. A teacher at the Zeffirelli Foundation, he has already held numerous courses and masterclasses at the International Center for the Performing Arts. Among his latest works: Il Dolor with Mariangela Melato, Sarabanda with Giuliana Loiodice, Massimo de Francovich, Prometeo with Luca Lazzareschi, Prayer for Chernobyl with Mascia Musy. From 2002 to 2005 he was director of the Metastasio theater and from 2010 to 2015 co-director, since 2012 he has been director of the Radicondoli festival.