Stanislavskian Acting Methodology and Meyerhold Biometrics
The Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS), Moscow RU
Masters: Mikhail Chumachenko & Maria Shmaevich
GITIS is the longest established and most internationally renowned theatre school in the former Soviet Union. The institution has degree-awarding status and the special status of ‘Academy’ making it one of the highest possible establishments of learning in the country.
This module examines the main principles of Stanislavsky’s later acting and directing methodology. It combines acting, directing and pedagogy techniques developed by Stanislavsky and his heirs such as Maria Knebles and Mikael Chekov including Active Analysis and the Etude rehearsal system. As well as Vsevolad Meyerhold and the development of the theory of biometrics – an important precursor of conceptual and physical modes of theatre.