Dynamic Acting through Active Analysis

Konstantin Stanislavsky, Maria Knebel, and Their Legacy

AvSharon Marie Carnicke

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

1 108 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Häftad

365 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

Beskrivning

In the 21st century, actors face radical changes in plays and performance styles, as they move from stage to screen and grapple with new technologies that present their art to ever-expanding audiences. Active Analysis offers the flexibility of mind, body, and spirit now urgently needed in acting.Dynamic Acting through Active Analysis brings to light this timely legacy, born during the worst era of Soviet repression and hidden for decades from public view.Part I unfolds like a mystery novel through letters, memoirs, and transcripts of Konstantin Stanislavsky’s last classes. Far from the authoritarian director of his youth, he reveals himself as a generous mentor, who empowers actors with a brand new collaborative approach to rehearsals. His assistant, Maria Knebel, first bears witness to his forward-looking ideas and then builds the bridge to new plays in new styles through her directing and influential teaching.Part II follows a 21st century company of diverse actors as they experience the joy of applying Active Analysis to their own creative and professional work.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-01-12
Mått:169 x 244 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350205185

Utforska kategorier

Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Sharon Marie Carnicke has authored a number of books on drama and acting, including the groundbreaking Stanislavsky in Focus, Checking Out Chekhov, and the co-authored Reframing Screen Performance. Her widely produced translations include her Kennedy Center award-winning The Seagull and are published in Chekhov: 4 Plays and 3 Jokes. Her work is distinguished by her fluency in Russian and her experience as an actor and director. She is fluent in Russian, has worked as an actor and director, and has taught and directed in the US, UK, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Norway, Finland, Russia, Italy, and Australia.

Recensioner i media

Sharon Marie Carnicke eloquently tells the story of Stanislavsky’s monumental later, yet lesser-known, innovations in the art of acting. She then traces the journey of his protégé Knebel, who, almost singlehandedly, harbored and developed this work through the great restrictions of the late-Soviet world. With great compassion, Carnicke imagines what they might have undergone during what were perhaps their darkest hours, with Stanislavsky under house arrest and Knebel struggling to preserve and persevere. Carnicke then insightfully shares these innovations with her own students and thereby with the reader of this book. In our current moment as we transition to more collaborative environments, Active Analysis will prove to be a boon for rising theatre artists.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations About the AuthorAcknowledgementsNote on Transliteration and TranslationList of Abbreviations of Frequently Cited SourcesPreface: To My ReadersPART I: The People Behind the LegacyChapter 1: The Mystery on Leontyevsky LaneChapter 2: Behind Closed DoorsChapter 3: The Truth Will Out! PART II: Six Lessons in Active AnalysisLesson 1: The Dynamic Principles of PerformanceLesson 2: Scene Study through Active Analysis—ShakespeareLesson 3: Scene Study through Active Analysis—ChekhovLesson 4: Rehearsing a Play through Active Analysis—JohnsonLesson 5: The System in Active AnalysisLesson 6: Working With Active Analysis in the Real WorldAppendix: The Lie (2020), a ten minute play by Joan Eyles JohnsonBibliographyIndex