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Martin Gruber (born 1957) is a German director, choreographer and movement teacher for performing artists.
Degree in Theatre and Music from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Training in Zenbodytherapy® and Triggerpoint Anatomy® with William Dub Leigh (USA), Functional Integration with Alon Talmi (Israel). Suzuki Training with Tadashi Suzuki in Toga-Mura (Japan). [fn 1] Judo, Aikido, Iaido, Hojo in Japan and Germany, 6th Dan in Aikido (Aikikai Hombu Dojo). [fn 2] Study in Butoh Dance with Kazuo Ono in Japan, Acting with Yoshi Oida.
Martin Gruber works as a director and a choreographer. He is a professor for movement at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. [fn 1] He has developed his own method of actor training and founded the Tami Method®, named after Alon Talmi. [fn 3] [fn 4]
Martin Gruber's impact on contemporary European actor training is important: In 1985 he introduced Aikido into actor training at the Otto Falckenberg School (Munich), in 1986 Suzuki-Training, [fn 5] and in 1993 August Everding invited him to develop the movement training for the then newly founded Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding (Munich). Since then quite a number of his students have become teachers themselves and teach his methods both in universities in Germany and further afield. [fn 6] Many of his former students work successfully on stage, in film and on TV. [fn 7]