Stanislavsky in Practice; Actor Training in Post-Soviet Russia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781433103155)

Stanislavsky in Practice focuses on the course of study pursued today by aspiring actors in Russia and on the philosophy that informs this curriculum. It draws on extensive observation during the academic year 2000-2001 of the actor training program of the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theatre Arts (SPGATI), one of the three most prestigious theatrical institutes in Russia, and on interviews of a wide array of individuals in the Academy. Although the years since 1991 have witnessed many changes in theater and in actor training - sources of funding, administration, choice of repertoire, new methodologies, etc. - there remains much continuity with the past. The core of this continuity is the Stanislavsky tradition, which nevertheless has been affected by the views of post-Soviet Russia. The developments in actor training from 1991 to 2001 reflect the challenges and problems faced by other institutions in the arts and sciences. In other words, the phenomenon of continuity and discontinuity with the past is characteristic of other institutions in Russia, cultural as well as scientific and educational.

Author: Vreneli Farber
ISBN-10: 143310315X
ISBN-13: 9781433103155
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2008
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.14w x 0.79d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 10/03/2008 pg. 22
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 256