Dramatic Biogeometry and the Masters who shaped our idea of Theatre
The ATTM Academy is a professional theatre school built around Dramatic Biogeometry, the original method developed by Jose Quintana. Our teachers‘ mission is to transmit the art of the stage by combining tradition and innovation, and by enhancing multiculturalism and creativity to train knowledgeable and versatile actors, through a theatre training program that combines basic courses and advanced training programs.
The Academy was born from the thirty-year experience of Jose Quintana, a theatre educator, and Giacomo Buonafina, an actor and sound engineer. Their collaboration has shaped a philosophy that transforms the great theatre of the twentieth century into a living bridge to today’s stage, where the actor’s body dialogues with the technologies of sound and image.
The inspiring masters
of our Academy
The roots of our method lie in the great pedagogical and artistic experiences of the twentieth century, through the thought and research of the masters who revolutionized contemporary theatrical language.
EUROPEAN MASTERS
- Marcel Marceau (contemporary pantomime)
- Etienne Décroux (dramatic corporeal mime)
- Vsevolod Mejerchol’d (biomechanics)
- Jerzy Grotowski (physical action method)
- Jacques Lecoq (Lecoq pedagogy)
- Edward Gordon Craig (renovator of 20th-century theatre)
INTERNATIONAL MASTERS
- Lee Strasberg (Actors Studio)
- Thomas Leabhart (disciple of Etienne Décroux)
- Antonio Fava (commedia dell’arte)
- José Piris (disciple of Marcel Marceau)
- Reinaldo León Coro (theatrical pedagogy, La Havana, Cuba, ISA)
- Eugenio Barba (creator of the anthropological theatre)
Eugenio Barba with Jose Quintana
Dramatic Biogeometry, the original methodology developed by Jose Quintana that combines geometry, biomechanics, and stagecraft, is at the heart of the Academy. However, it is not the only style we teach: the program integrates the great techniques of twentieth-century theatre, from character construction to corporeal mime, from masks to Commedia dell’arte, as far as anthropological theatre, along with sound and image technologies.
Dramatic Biogeometry: the José Quintana method
"Gaetano Oliva and Education in Theatricality"
Jose Quintana interviews Professor Gaetano Oliva, Università Cattolica of Milan
La Casa del Teatro: where we study and welcome
Our headquarters is La Casa del Teatro, a facility in the Tuscan countryside between Pisa and Livorno, near the sea, designed to unite daily life and artistic activity. Here, school and theatre coexist, creating a unique space for education, production and community. It is more than just a venue: it’s a place where to live and create together, a stable point of reference for students and international visitors, for teachers and for audience members. An environment that unites roots and openness, nature and culture, everyday life and art, and transforms passion into a concrete and shared experience.