practioners

Question 1

meyerhold

Answer 1

biomechanics- mechanical and robot-like movements. was not interested in psychological realism and concertrared training movements rather than speech

Question 2

the basic skills of a biomechanical actor were:

Answer 2

precision, balance, coordination, efficiency, rhythm, expressiveness, responsiveness, discipline

Question 3

meyerhold exercise

Answer 3

use exaggerated movements, etudes- blocks/steps of an action

Question 4

robert wilson theatre practices- movement

Answer 4

counting technique- where the actors scrpits would be broken down into colomns: the first containing time of actions and the next containing the action to be complete. actors were trained to ensure they never arrived at a particular action one count to soon or too late. ensure fluidity in stylised movement.

Question 5

stella adler

Answer 5

focus of this idea that “actin is doing”- which means looking for actions to perform on stage. this does notmean the actor is always moving, but the actor has evaluated the characters emotions and motivation and turned than into an action. drives the actors movement and voice techniques