Hamevasser 22 st. Hatikva neighborhood, 67124
Tel-Aviv
Israel
- Arts
The Theater Arts Studio was founded in 1988, under the direction of Yoram Loewenstein. The school is located in the most neglected neighborhood in Tel- Aviv, "shechunat Hatikva". The uniqueness of the school is in the combination between the highest level of professional acting studies with community work in the neighborhood where the school is located. Few such institutions exist around the world. Our mission is to nurture a new cadre of actors, strongly rooted in the community, who will be a driving force in Israeli theater, film and television. We aim to create a deep bonding between the school (students and stuff) and the Hatikva residents. Our community projects aim to empower the neighborhood residents, and also give them tools for individual growth and development.The school promotes professional and communal creative cooperation with other countries for developing the students and the residents.
The studio maintains a three-year study program for actors, preparatory courses in acting studies, and the general public.. As part of the training to become professional actors, the acting students are committed to lead 16 drama groups with in the community such as: youth at-risk, immigrant's children in distress, children with special needs and emotional problems, blinds and partly blinds, elderly and many more. Furthermore, we have subscription project for the residents of our neighborhood, who can attend the shows which are produced in our theatre hall. For most of the people in the community it is the first time in their lives to see theatre.
Our organization can promote intercultural dialogue. We feel that your values are roots in our daily work. We feel that we can provide productive base for co productions, mutual understanding through theatre .
The ALF network will help the school promote our professional and communal creative exchange and cooperation with other countries. We participated in many international festivals in the past and did international professional and communal co-productions. The Studio works toward developing collaborations with countries to exchange culture and knowledge that will bring young people together to know understand and respect other cultures