The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit

Author: Bella Merlin
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 9781848424067
Category : Method acting
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
A revised and updated edition of Bella Merlin's essential guide to Stanislavsky. The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit collects together for the first time the terms and ideas developed by Stanislavsky throughout his career. It is organised into three sections: Actor-Training, Rehearsal Processes and Performance Practices. Key terms are explained and defined as they naturally occur in this process. They are illustrated with examples from both his own work and that of other practitioners. Each stage of the process is explored with sequences of practical exercises designed to help today's actors and students become thoroughly familiar with the tools in Stanislavsky's toolkit. 'Bella Merlin magically converts her extensive knowledge into real-world practice and on-the-floor technique.

Beyond Stanislavsky

Author: Bella Merlin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135867372
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
Beyond Stanislavsky takes the reader through a course in the new system, complete with exercises. Infused with the author's personal experience this is never a set of dry instructions, but a vital engagement with Stanislavsky's mature ideas on actor training.

Konstantin Stanislavsky

Author: Bella Merlin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134513496
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
"Routledge Performance Practitioners" is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the 20th century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on 20th and 21st century performance. These compact, well-illustrated and clearly written books unravel the contribution of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators, through: personal biography; explanation of key writings; description of significant productions; and reproduction of practical exercises.

The Complete Brecht Toolkit

Author: Stephen Unwin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781854595508
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Examines, one by one, Brecht's many, sometimes contradictory ideas about theatre - and how he put them into practice. Here are explanations of all the famous key terms, such as Alienation Effect, Epic Theatre and Gestus, as well as the many others which go to make up what we think of as 'Brechtian theatre'. There follows a section which looks at the practical application of these theories in Acting, Language, Music, Design and Direction."--P. [4] of cover.

Active Analysis

Author: Maria Knebel
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136448926
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
Active Analysis combines two of Maria Knebel’s most important books, On Active Analysis of the Play and the Role and The Word in the Actor’s Creative Work, in a single edition conceived and edited by one of Knebel's most famous students, the renowned theatre and film director, Anatoli Vassiliev. This is the first English translation of an important and authoritative fragment of the great Stanislavski jigsaw. A landmark publication. This book is an indispensable resource for professional directors, student directors, actors and researchers interested in Stanislavski, directing, rehearsal methods and theatre studies more generally.

The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit

Author: Bella Merlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
A practical, hands-on guide to Stanislavsky's famous 'system' and to his later rehearsal processes - for actors, directors, teachers and students. From the author of Beyond Stanislavsky.The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit collects together for the first time the terms and ideas developed by Stanislavsky throughout his career.It is organised into three sections: Actor-Training, Rehearsal Processes and Performance Practices. Key terms are explained and defined as they naturally occur in this process. They are illustrated with examples from both his own work and that of other practitioners.Each stage of the process is explored with sequences of practical exercises designed to help today's actors and students become thoroughly familiar with the tools in Stanislavsky's toolkit.

Laban for Actors and Dancers

Author: Jean Newlove
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9781854591609
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
Rudolf Laban is to movement what Stanislavski is to acting.

Exercises for Embodied Actors

Author: Scott Illingworth
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000037630
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 181

Book Description
Exercises for Embodied Actors: Tools for Physical Actioning builds on the vocabulary of simple action verbs to generate an entire set of practical tools from first read to performance that harnesses modern knowledge about the integration of the mind and the rest of the body. Including over 50 innovative exercises, the book leads actors through a rigorous examination of their own habits, links those discoveries to creating characters, and offers dozens of exercises to explore in classrooms and with ensembles. The result is a modern toolkit that empowers actors to start from their own unique selves and delivers specific techniques to apply on stage and in front of the camera. This step-by-step guide can be used by actors working individually or by teachers crafting the arc of a course, ensuring that students explore in physically engaged and dynamic ways at every step of their process.

Stanislavski For Beginners

Author: Allen, David
Publisher: For Beginners, LLC
ISBN: 1939994357
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
Stanislavski was the first person to develop a cogent and practical system of acting. Throughout his life he sought the answers to such fundamental questions as: "What is great acting?" and "How can you find inspiration in every performance?" Stanislavski remains the most important influence on actor training today, and yet many of his ideas are little known, or even misunderstood. Stanislavski For Beginners charts the development of the Stanislavski system. It includes a clear exposition of the key elements of the system and explores his Method of Physical Actions, which he worked on in the years before his death, and which he called “the result of my whole life’s work.”

Stanislavski and the Actor

Author: Jean Benedetti
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136758046
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.