Pitches Vsevolod Meyerhold

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-17492-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Performance Practitioners

Vsevolod Meyerhold considers the life and work of the extraordinary twentieth-century director and theatre-maker. This compact, well-illustrated volume includes:

- a biographical introduction to Meyerhold’s life

- a clear explanation of his theoretical writings

- an analysis of his masterpiece production Revisor, or The Government Inspector

- a comprehensive and usable description of the ‘biomechanical’ exercises he developed for training the actor.

As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Vsevolod Meyerhold is unbeatable value for today's student.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pitches, Prof Jonathan

Pitches, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterregie, Theaterproduktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- A LIFE OF CONTRADICTIONS

Apprenticeship (1874–1905)

St Petersburg (1906–17)

Meyerhold and the Revolution (1917–22)

The Meyerhold Theatre (1922–31)

The death of Meyerhold and his theatre (1932–40)

Meyerhold today

- MEYERHOLD’S KEY WRITINGS

Don’t (always) believe what you read!

The key theoretical principles

Naturalism

Stylisation

Rhythm and music

The mask

The grotesque

Biomechanics and the actor of the future

Chaplin and Eisenstein: a theory of montage



- MEYERHOLD’S KEY PRODUCTION: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR

Gogol’s challenge

Meyerhold’s response

Nikolai Gogol: the comet

Gogol’s Government Inspector

Meyerhold’s Government Inspector

- PRACTICAL EXERCISES

Practice: the living link with Meyerhold

So what are the basic skills of a biomechanical actor?

The exercises

Skills-based exercises

Back to the basic skills

Improvisation exercises

Work on text

Conclusions

Bibliography

Books and articles

Films and videos

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Pitches is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries. He specialises in the study of performer training and has wider interests in intercultural performance, environmental performance and blended learning. He is founding co-editor of the journal Theatre, Dance and Performance Training.