{"id":5365,"date":"2020-10-01T21:47:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aggelikitoubanaki.com\/?page_id=5365\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:16:10","slug":"musa-method","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aggelikitoubanaki.com\/en\/musa-method\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSA METHOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601576340138{margin-top: 48px !important;margin-bottom: 96px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Musa (Musical System of Acting<em>)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Method of practice, training, preparation of the actor and the composition of the role using Music as a driving power and a catalyst of the acting process.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;5335&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601575694688{padding-top: 140px !important;padding-right: 20% !important;padding-bottom: 140px !important;padding-left: 20% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601575767930{padding-top: 32px !important;padding-right: 10% !important;padding-bottom: 32px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601575287216{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"review\"><p>The secret of Music and the experience of trance in the art of acting<\/p><span class=\"review--name\">-<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]It is a psychophysical system of education, exercise\u00a0and preparation of the actor, which is based on the ancient theory of the ethics of\u00a0Music, and repositions\u00a0music as a driving force and catalyst in the process of interpretation and creation.\u00a0It is an autonomous and holistic method, which leads to an organic presence, enriching the expressive means of the actors, liberates, and leads safely to the psychosomatic situations and the creative stage readiness.<\/p>\n<p>The whole MUSA system was created and enriched with a plethora of theoretical sources and acting techniques; it is in constant dialogue with the great masters of theater and music, and\u00a0experts from the fields of music therapy,\u00a0drama therapy, theater anthropology and\u00a0neuroscience, the research about the unknown power of\u00a0music and how it affects the human brain.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601576949876{margin-top: 96px !important;margin-bottom: 96px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5346&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]With MUSA system we achieve\u00a0an\u00a0active, dynamic and holistic reception of Music.\u00a0Thus\u00a0the practitioner is led to an\u00a0organic\u00a0creation\u00a0and\u00a0presence at any moment.<\/p>\n<p>Exercising with MUSA liberates us and opens us to a new world of expression the variety of emotions and sensations that only music can give us.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0creation\u00a0of MUSA\u00a0is the\u00a0result of\u00a0long-term\u00a0research\u00a0in the sources of acting, in\u00a0the\u00a0\u201claboratory\u201d\u00a0of the rehearsal\u00a0and the creation of performances.<\/p>\n<p>MUSA works harmoniously and in addition to most of the methods and work systems we use in acting,\u00a0performing, singing, dance theater and of course the preparation of roles for the lyrical and musical theater.<\/p>\n<p>MUSA was created primarily for the needs of the actors, but during the years of its application, it has been tested by specialized individuals and groups and it has been recognized to enhance the therapeutic action of\u00a0music therapy,\u00a0drama therapy,\u00a0dance-kinesiotherapy and art therapy in general.<\/p>\n<p>These elements make the MUSA method stand out, being a\u00a0unique\u00a0and\u00a0very\u00a0rich\u00a0system of\u00a0training, exercise and creation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;5343&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601576399361{padding-top: 240px !important;padding-bottom: 240px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601576432214{padding-top: 64px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]Specifically in the year \u00a02017-18\u00a0and in 2018-19 \u00a0<strong>Sotiris\u00a0Karamesinis<\/strong> \u00a0held, \u00a0along with his \u00a0partner \u00a0and\u00a0co-founder\u00a0of\u00a0 MUSA company Aggeliki Toubanaki, \u00a0two\u00a0extensive\u00a0post-training workshops\u00a0and two summer seminars for actors, singers, and dancers. Their goal is the\u00a0cultivation\u00a0of\u00a0musicality, the\u00a0varied\u00a0vocal\u00a0approach\u00a0and especially the\u00a0safe\u00a0and\u00a0efficient\u00a0voice\u00a0production.\u00a0These give freedom of expression and the\u00a0unhindered\u00a0act\u00a0of\u00a0speech\u00a0and\u00a0improvisation.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FepOUt4Gbkw&amp;t=2s&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The creator of MUSA method Sotiris Karamesinis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5353&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Sotiris Karamesinis\u00a0<\/strong>is a theatre director and acting coach, known for his\u00a0 method \u2018\u2019MUSA\u2019\u2019 (musical system of acting), a unique system based on ancient Greek theatre research which introduces music as the fundamental element in an actor\u2019s education, daily training, and role composition. Since 2008 he lives in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>He directs plays, teaches in drama schools, universities, leads workshops and master classes, and prepares actors for films. He is a research associate in the laboratory, \u201cForms and Effects, Frontiers and Passages of the Theatrical Language,\u201d founded by professors of the course of Aesthetics and Theatre Theory of the Centre of Letters and Arts of UNIRIO University, Rio de Janeiro.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]He is also a research associate specialized in Cultural Diplomacy and Performing Arts at the Strategic Communication and News Media Laboratory in the International and European Department of University of Piraeus.<\/p>\n<p>He studied Theology at Aristotle University, filmmaking at Stavrakos film school and music (saxophone, percussion and Theory and Harmony) at Athens Conservatory and Iambic Conservatory and Studio Latin in Paris, France.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 he directed the tragedy\u00a0<em>The Bacchae<\/em>\u00a0with the award-winning cast of the film\u00a0<em>City of God<\/em>\u00a0 \u201cN\u00f3s Do Morro\u201d. He has directed plays of Euripides, Jean Paul Sartre, Oscar Wilde, Eugenio Ionesco, Graham Greene, and Harold Pinter among many others, in Greece, Cyprus and Brazil. As an artistic director, he staged several big events in cooperation with organizations and institutions such as the European Parliament, the University of Athens, the Athens Concert Hall, the City of Athens, the International Theatre Institute, the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Ministry of Culture etc.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 he formed the Brazilian theatre group \u201cMusa cia Teatral,\u201d with which he has formed a \u201cTheatre in education\u201d program for hundreds of children and adolescents in the school \u201cSolar meninos de Luz\u201d, located in the favelas of Cantagalo hill in Rio de Janeiro.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5329&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]Their\u00a0work\u00a0with the group and the\u00a0children\u00a0in the school\u00a0of Rio is the subject of the\u00a0documentary\u00a0entitled\u00a0&#8220;Happy\u00a0princes&#8221; by the director Panos Deligiannis (producer: Argyris\u00a0Papadimitropoulos, with the\u00a0support\u00a0of the GFC and ERT) that was first played at the 20th <em>Thessaloniki International film Festival<\/em>\u00a0(March\u00a02018) and\u00a0won\u00a0many\u00a0awards\u00a0and\u00a0distinctions\u00a0at\u00a0international\u00a0film\u00a0festivals.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EAaxWEqKjcE&amp;fbclid=IwAR0Xy7l0woLTosZyQdi-RVbPz_1cjlMJvI4bXx5sB01Po3CBwTdAsj9ja2o&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601577357842{margin-top: 64px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>RELATED <\/strong><strong>LINKS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>MUSA training, from rehearsals of <em>The Bacchae<\/em> in Rio de Janeiro in 2009, with the group of the film &#8221; City of God&#8221;,<\/li>\n<li>Tribute to Sotiris Karamesinis<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greeknewsagenda.gr\/index.php\/interviews\/arts-in-greece\/6029-creative-greece-sotiris-karamesinis-revives-greek-drama-in-brazil\">https:\/\/www.greeknewsagenda.gr\/index.php\/interviews\/arts-in-greece\/6029-creative-greece-sotiris-karamesinis-revives-greek-drama-in-brazil<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tribute to the film in <em>New diaspora<\/em>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newdiaspora.com\/principes-felizes\/?fbclid=IwAR0Xy7l0woLTosZyQdi-RVbPz_1cjlMJvI4bXx5sB01Po3CBwTdAsj9ja2o\">http:\/\/www.newdiaspora.com\/principes-felizes\/?fbclid=IwAR0Xy7l0woLTosZyQdi-RVbPz_1cjlMJvI4bXx5sB01Po3CBwTdAsj9ja2o<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The MUSE method (with our children in Rio):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?hl=el&amp;prev=_t&amp;sl=el&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musagreece\/videos\/462133294622220\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musagreece\/videos\/462133294622220<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?hl=el&amp;prev=_t&amp;sl=el&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musaciateatral\/videos\/451610552237305\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musaciateatral\/videos\/451610552237305<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tribute in\u00a0<em>Greek reporter<\/em>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?hl=el&amp;prev=_t&amp;sl=el&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https:\/\/world.greekreporter.com\/2016\/06\/03\/sotiris-karamesinis-brings-greek-drama-to-brazil\/\">https:\/\/world.greekreporter.com\/2016\/06\/03\/sotiris-karamesinis-brings-greek-drama-to-brazil\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Interview and tribute to MUSA by the French scientific journal of art and letters <em>Passages de Paris<\/em>, in the issue of Tragedy edited by S. Karamesinis together with Professor Andr\u00e9 Gardel (2016):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?hl=el&amp;prev=_t&amp;sl=el&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http:\/\/www.apebfr.org\/passagesdeparis\/editione2016-vol1\/articles\/pdf\/PP12_Entretien2.pdf\">http:\/\/www.apebfr.org\/passagesdeparis\/editione2016-vol1\/articles\/pdf\/PP12_Entretien2.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tribute in the Spanish\u00a0<em>Panorama\u00a0griego<\/em>to the work of Sotiris Karamesinis on ancient Greek tragedy and MUSA method:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?hl=el&amp;prev=_t&amp;sl=el&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https:\/\/panoramagriego.gr\/index.php\/entrevistas\/1287-sotiris-karamesinis,-el-griego-que-revitaliza-el-drama-antiguo-en-brasil\">https:\/\/panoramagriego.gr\/index.php\/entrevistas\/1287-sotiris-karamesinis,-el-griego-que-revitaliza-el-drama-antiguo-en-brasil<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Letter from Brazil, Sotiris Karamesinis:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?hl=el&amp;prev=_t&amp;sl=el&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https:\/\/www.theatrikaprogrammata.gr\/%25CF%2583%25CF%2589%25CF%2584%25CE%25AE%25CF%2581%25CE%25B7%25CF%2582-%25CE%25BA%25CE%25B1%25CF%2581%25CE%25B1%25CE%25BC%25CE%25B5%25CF%2583%25CE%25AF%25CE%25BD%25CE%25B7%25CF%2582-%25CE%25B3%25CF%2581%25CE%25AC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25BC%25CE%25B1-%25CE%25B1%25CF%2580%25CF%258C-%25CF%2584%25CE%25B7%25CE%25BD-%25CE%25B2\/%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0Xy7l0woLTosZyQdi-RVbPz_1cjlMJvI4bXx5sB01Po3CBwTdAsj9ja2o\">https:\/\/www.theatrikaprogrammata.gr\/%CF%83%CF%89%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF% 81% CE% B1% CE% BC% CE% B5% CF% 83% CE% AF% CE% BD% CE% B7% CF% 82-% CE% B3% CF% 81% CE% AC% CE% BC % CE% BC% CE% B1-% CE% B1% CF% 80% CF% 8C-% CF% 84% CE% B7% CE% BD-% CE% B2 \/? Fbclid = IwAR0Xy7l0woLTosZyQdi-RVbPz_1cjlMJvI0b1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601577413472{margin-top: 64px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>MUSA Company<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The company MUSA was established in order to organize theatrical and other public performances, the production of artistic events, the organization of educational and training seminars, and the promotion of artistic creation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Contact and information: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:musa.act@gmail.com\">musa.act@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Telephone<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>0030 6940870391<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601576340138{margin-top: 48px !important;margin-bottom: 96px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] Musa (Musical System of Acting) Method of practice, training, preparation of the actor and the composition of the role using Music as a driving power and a catalyst of the acting process. 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