The experiment was implemented during one academic year (2012 – 2013) and it involved a group of 1st year
students in Acting who took part in two two-hour training sessions per week (on Monday and Thursday). The
practical course in Tai Chi was held on Monday; separate exercises were practised as well as the entire set of 18
exercises (in the curriculum) in Tai Chi to specific music. The practical course in Physical education was held on
Thursday, where we introduced a set of exercises inspired from films of the movements in V. Meyerhold’s
Biomechanics (to be found on the Internet), especially after Genadi Bogdanov (1996). The control group consisted
of 3rd year students; they attended only the practical course in Physical education, with no additional Biomechanics
exercises for the theatre. They did not attend the Tai Chi training sessions either, as Tai Chi was not included in the
curriculum for the 3rd year.