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Dynamic acting through active analysis : Konstantin Stanislavsky, Maria Knebel, and their legacy

Title
Dynamic acting through active analysis : Konstantin Stanislavsky, Maria Knebel, and their legacy / Sharon Marie Carnicke.
Author
Carnicke, Sharon Marie, 1949-
Publication
  • London ; New York, NY : Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.
  • ©2023

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Description
xvii, 229 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
"Dynamic Acting through Active Analysis is a pragmatic guide for actors to the history and practice of Stanislavsky's last and most innovative approach to performance. Named "Active Analysis" by Maria Knebel, Stanislavsky's most influential protégé, it invites actors to explore the interactive dynamics in scenes by enacting them before memorizing lines. This process of analyzing texts actively taps actors' minds, bodies and spirits simultaneously, thus fostering dynamic acting. In Part 1 of the book, the author introduces the people who sacrificed much to create and keep the technique alive during the darkest era of Soviet repression. In Part 2, actors are offered a series of lessons on the fundamentals of Active Analysis and its applications to classic and contemporary plays. Herself a Russian speaker and a world-leading expert on Active Analysis, Sharon Marie Carnicke draws on memoirs, letters, eyewitness accounts, Knebel's 6 books and other Russian language textbooks to enrich this guide. The first practical guide for today's actors in English to the history and practice of Active Analysis, this much-needed book equips the reader with the artistic flexibility needed to work across a range of dramatic styles and across media"--
Subject
  • Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Knebelʹ, M. > Criticism and interpretation
  • Knebelʹ, M
  • Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938
  • Method acting
  • Theater rehearsals
  • Criticism and interpretation
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-225) and index.
Contents
The mystery on Leontyevsky Lane -- Behind closed doors -- The truth will out! -- The dynamic principles of performance -- Scene study through active analysis : Shakespeare -- Scene study through active analysis : Chekhov -- Rehearsing a play through active analysis : Johnson -- The system in active analysis -- Working with active analysis in the real world.
Call Number
MWEQ 23-3650
ISBN
  • 9781350205185
  • 1350205184
  • 9781350205178
  • 1350205176
  • 9781350205192 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781350205208 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022012358
OCLC
1301487386
Author
Carnicke, Sharon Marie, 1949- author.
Title
Dynamic acting through active analysis : Konstantin Stanislavsky, Maria Knebel, and their legacy / Sharon Marie Carnicke.
Publisher
London ; New York, NY : Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-225) and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Carnicke, Sharon Marie, 1949- Dynamic acting through active analysis London ; New York : Methuen Drama, 2023 9781350205192 (DLC) 2022012359
Research Call Number
MWEQ 23-3650
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