History of the Physical Theatre course

  • In 1956 Jean Soubeyran was commissioned by the Folkwang School to conduct courses in pantomime
  • In 1957, Günter Titt continued this work, both for students of the Drama Institute and for the Opera class.
  • In 1962 this tuition, initially implemented in the form of a course, was incorporated into the syllabus as a fixed component in acting training. This brought into being a new training model that was later adopted by many acting schools.
  • In 1965 Günter Titt, together with Bettina Falckenberg, set up the Pantomime major. Initially it was possible to take a double major in mime and acting, but in 1980 this was abolished.
  • In 1987 Milan Sladek took over the leadership of the program.
  • 1992-94 Günter Titt taught in cooperation with Karsten Itterbeck and Thomas Stich.
  • In 1994 took over the leadership of the program.
  • In 2005 Thomas Stich, a lecturer in the major since 1992, assumed leadership of the program.
  • In 2006 Thomas Stich was appointed Professor of Mime / Physical Theater.
  • In 2008 the course became modular in form as part of the redesign of the training program in line with the Bologna Process and was given a new name: Physical Theatre.