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Based on the outcomes of a long-term research on behavioral patterns of contemporary audiences conducted within the laboratory conditions of D’epog Theatre and The Institute for Theatre Research at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, the workshop tackled the issue of dichotomy between spectator and the audience and introduce the mechanisms of activating spectator’s receptive engagement and critical thinking. In order to liberate spectator from the predominance of metaphysical violence and undermine the totalitarian model of theatre represented by direct linear transmission of information by loosening slavishly self-replicating semiotic bonds between all units participating in stage work creation, the workshop proposed the model of “theatre-potential”. It described numerous experiments with extreme patterns of organizing stage space, unfolds new perspectives of viewing performers’ expressivity through outlining genuine psycho-physical training and analyzes their impact on perceptual habitus.