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Author:   R. Andrew White (Valparaiso University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.812kg
ISBN:  

9780415535649

ISBN 10:   0415535646
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   09 October 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"CONTENTS Illustrations and tables viii Acknowledgements x Abbreviations xii INTRODUCTION R. Andrew White 1 PART I STANISLAVSKY ON STAGE 1 STANISLAVSKY AS AMATEUR: THE ALEKSEEV CIRCLE AND THE SOCIETY OF ART AND LITERATURE 13 Maria Ignatieva 2 ""A SEAGULL FLEW TO US FROM YALTA"": STANISLAVSKY’S LIFE IN CHEKHOV 41 Valleri J. Hohman 3 THE ORGANIC AND THE POLITICAL: STANISLAVSKY’S DILEMMA (IBSEN, TOLSTOY, GORKY) 62 Anna Muza 4 ""BACK TO OSTROVSKY!"" AND FORWARD TO SOCIALIST REALISM: STANISLAVSKY’S ARDENT HEART (1926) AND THE STAGING OF IDEOLOGY AT THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE 90 William D. Gunn 5 STANISLAVSKY AND THE AVANT-GARDE 121 Julia Listengarten 6 SILHOUETTE OF A DESTINY: THE LETTERS OF STANISLAVSKY 149 Anatoly Smeliansky (translated by Arch Tait) PART II STANISLAVSKY THE ACTING TEACHER 7 STANISLAVSKY ON VOICE AND MOVEMENT: CONTEXTS, CONCEPTS, AND CONTENT 182 Lissa Tyler Renaud 8 A SINGER PREPARES: STANISLAVSKY AND OPERA 218 Sharon Marie Carnicke and David Rosen 9 STANISLAVSKY’S SYSTEM AND WOMEN: A FEMINIST READING OF NEW TRANSLATIONS 254 Rosemary Malague PART III STANISLAVSKY’S IMPACT ON THEORY 10 THE JOURNEY OF THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE AND ITS DISCIPLES THROUGH EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES (1906-1937): DISSEMINATION OF AN ACTING THEORY AND WORK METHOD 281 Marie-Christine Autant-Mathieu (translated by Elizabeth Wautlet) 11 STANISLAVSKY, TOLSTOY, AND THE ""LIFE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT"" Daniel Larlham 315 12 STANISLAVSKY’S SYSTEM, SENSE/EMOTION MEMORY, AND PHYSICAL ACTION/ACTIVE ANALYSIS: AMERICAN INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SYSTEM’S LEGACY 346 David Krasner 13 THE LEGACY OF STANISLAVSKY’S IDEAS IN NON-REALISTIC THEATRE 379 Dennis Beck 14 STANISLAVSKY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE 415 W.B. Worthen PART IV STANISLAVSKY’S IMPACT ON PRACTICE 15 THE EFFECTS OF RUSSIAN AND SOVIET CENSORSHIP ON THE PRACTICE OF STANISLAVSKY’S SYSTEM 442 Sharon Marie Carnicke 16 DECODING THE SYSTEM: FIRST STEPS 472 Katerina Kamotskaia and Mark Stevenson 17 IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH: STANISLAVSKY AND STRASBERG 506 Yasen Peyankov 18 STANISLAVSKY AND RAMACHARAKA: THE IMPACT OF YOGA AND THE OCCULT REVIVAL ON THE SYSTEM 514 R. Andrew White 19 MY LIFE IN STANISLAVSKY 547 Austin Pendleton 20 ""ACTIVE ANALYSIS—MORE ACTIVE THAN YOU KNOW"": STANISLAVSKY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE 552 Rhonda Blair 21 THREE ROADS CONVERGING: STANISLAVSKY, SUZUKI, AND SITI 552 Will Bond 22 ""HERE, TODAY NOW"": ACTIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 576 Bella Merlin Contributors 611 Index page number"

Reviews

""White (Valparaiso Univ.) and Camicke (USC School of dramatic arts) bring together 22 thorough essays of about 20 pages, each with a bibliography...it is fascinating to read how each contributor discovered Stanislavsky's work and interprets it. Combining scholarly research and professional theater experience, this book reveals an intriguing account of, and debate about, the past and present and also projects into the future. Summing Up: Recommended."" - J Toma/in, San Francisco State University in CHOICE

White (Valparaiso Univ.) and Camicke (USC School of dramatic arts) bring together 22 thorough essays of about 20 pages, each with a bibliography...it is fascinating to read how each contributor discovered Stanislavsky's work and interprets it. Combining scholarly research and professional theater experience, this book reveals an intriguing account of, and debate about, the past and present and also projects into the future. Summing Up: Recommended. - J Toma/in, San Francisco State University in CHOICE

Author Information

R. Andrew White is Associate Professor of Theatre at Valparaiso University, where he annually directs productions. He has an MFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre School, and has worked as an actor at a variety of theatres in the United States. In addition, his scholarship has appeared in edited works published by Routledge and Palgrave Macmillan, as well as in top American journals including Theatre Survey, TDR/The Drama Review, and New England Theatre Journal.

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