Providing new insight into the well-known tradition of acting,
Science and the Stanislavsky Tradition of Acting is the first book
to contextualise the Stanislavsky tradition with reference to
parallel developments in science. Rooted in practice, it presents
an alternative perspective based on philosophy, physics, romantic
science and theories of industrial management. Working from
historical and archive material, as well as practical sources,
Jonathan Pitches traces an evolutionary journey of actor training
from the roots of the Russian tradition, Konstantin Stanislavsky,
to the contemporary Muscovite director, Anatoly Vasiliev. The book
explores two key developments that emerge from Stanislavsky's
system - one linear, rational and empirical, while the other is
fluid,organic and intuitive. The otherwise highly contrasting
acting theories of Vsevolod Meyerhold (biomechanics) and Lee
Strasberg (the Method) are dealt with under the banner of the
rational or Newtonian paradigm; Michael Chekov's acting technique
and the little known ideas of Anatoly Vasiliev form the centrepiece
of the other Romantic, organic strain of practice. Science and the
Stanislavsky Tradition of Acting opens up the theatre laboratories
of five major practitioners in the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries and scrutinises their acting methodologies from a
scientific perspective.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies |
| Release date: |
September 2009 |
| First published: |
2004 |
| Authors: |
Jonathan Pitches
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
236 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-54403-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-415-54403-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780415544030 |
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