Author : Sonia Moore
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557831033
Sonia Moore reveals the subtle tissue of ideas behind what Stanislavski regarded as his "major breakthrough," the Method of Physical Actions. Moore's exhaustive analyses of Stanislavski's original texts, letters, journals and production notes have yielded a revised understanding of Stanislavki's method - and his secret of inspiration - the key to spontaneity on the stage and the path to fresh and naturalistic performance.
Author : Sharon Marie Carnicke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 100029949X
Stanislavsky in Focus brilliantly examines the history and actual premises of Stanislavsky’s 'System', separating myth from fact with forensic skill. The first edition of this now classic study showed conclusively how the 'System' was gradually transformed into the Method, popularised in the 1950s by Lee Strasberg and the Actor’s Studio. It looked at the gap between the original Russian texts and what most English-speaking practitioners still imagine to be Stanislavsky’s ideas. This thoroughly revised new edition also delves even deeper into: the mythical depiction of Stanislavsky as a tyrannical director and teacher yoga, the mind-body-spirit continuum and its role in the ‘System’ how Stanislavsky used subtexts to hide many of his ideas from Soviet censors. The text has been updated to address all of the relevant scholarship, particularly in Russia, since the first edition was published. It also features an expanded glossary on the System's terminology and its historical exercises, as well as more on the political context of Stanislavsky's work, its links with cognitive science, and the System's relation to contemporary developments in actor-training. It will be a vital part of every practitioner's and historian's library.
Author : Bella Merlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,77 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1134513488
This compact, well-illustrated and clearly written book offers an essential guide to the complex and contradictory nature of this master of theatre. Routledge Performance Practitioners are a series of introductory guides to key theatre-makers. These compact, well-illustrated and clearly written books will unravel the contribution of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators. This is the first book to combine: - an overview of Stanislavsky's life history - an assessment of his widely read text, An Actor Prepares - detailed commentary of the key 1998 production of The Seagull - an indispensable set of practical exercises for actors, teachers and directors. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student.
Author : Molire
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,82 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781557831095
The Sicilian or love the painter - Tartuffe or The Impostor - A Doctor in spite of himself - The imaginary invalid id_____________
Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 15,97 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557831118
This book was written between 1946 and 1952, and first published in 1953. It is now widely regarded as the standard portrait of the European and American theater in the turbulent and seminal years following World War II; but it is far more than that. It ranges back as far as Ibsen and even Shakespeare, and has contributed very substantially to a number of reputations that would long outlast 1950, such as those of Bertolt Brecht, Charles Chaplin and Martha Graham. For Bentley fans, it is an essential link in a chain that runs from The Playwright as Thinker to The Life of the Drama to The Brecht Memoir and Thinking About the Playwright.
Author : Stephanie Daventry French
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 14,68 MB
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1136519343
This pioneering introduction to Stanislavsky's methods and modes of actor training covers all of the essential elements of his System. Recreating ‘truthful’ behaviour in the artificial environment, awareness and observation, psychophysical work, given circumstances, visualization and imagination, and active analysis are all introduced and explored. Each section of the book is accompanied by individual and group exercises, forming a full course of study in the foundations of modern acting. A glossary explains the key terms and concepts that are central to Stanislavsky’s thinking at a glance. The book’s companion website is full of downloadable worksheets and resources for teachers and students. Experiencing Stanislavsky Today is enhanced by contemporary findings in psychology, neuroscience, anatomy and physiology that illuminate the human processes important to actors, such as voice and speech, creativity, mind-body connection, the process and the production of emotions on cue. It is the definitive first step for anyone encountering Stanislavsky’s work, from acting students exploring his methods for the first time, to directors looking for effective rehearsal tools and teachers mapping out degree classes.
Author : Kenneth L Stilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 37,70 MB
Release : 2023-06-12
Category :
ISBN : 1538171783
Acting is Believing has remained one of the classic acting texts that continues to set the standard in the field, using the Stanislavski method to teach students the fundamentals of acting for stage or screen--now updated for the 21st century student and actor.
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,9 MB
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Author : Brown, Phillip; Ian
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 2000-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1617800376
35 scenes from Shakespeare are presented in newly-edited texts with notes which clarify meanings topical references puns ambiguities etc. A brief description of characters and situation prefaces each scene and is followed by a commentary which discu
Author : Paul Kuritz
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557833044
(Applause Books). Aimed at the beginning acting student, this book takes a commonsense approach to the craft, building on basic techniques in the first part and then going on to cover two distinct types of theater; comedy and Shakespearean verse. Kuritz introduces basic acting techniques through a series of simple exercises. the section on verse analyzes accent and rhythm with examples of dialog, while the comedy chapter lists 15 examples of comic situations, along with definitions and examples of comic figures of speech. Warm-up exercises, comic dialect guidelines, and a general stage terminology contribute to the usefulness of the book. Recommended for theater arts collections in public, high school and college libraries.
