1st Edition

Stanislavsky and Pedagogy

Edited By Stefan Aquilina Copyright 2024
174 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Stanislavsky and Pedagogy explores current thinking around the pedagogical implications of Stanislavsky’s work. The volume depicts the voices of a number of practitioners, teachers, and scholars who are themselves journeying with Stanislavsky, and who in his work find a potent instigator for their own pedagogical practice and study. This book outlines instances in which updated... Read more

Introduction

Stefan Aquilina

1. Teaching Stanislavsky’s Core Approach of Action, Imagination, and Experiencing: And Why It Is Still Relevant for Acting Students and Professionals

John Gillett

2. Stanislavsky and the Pedagogy of Play

Hilary Halba

3. When Actors Become Birds: Re-Envisioning Pedagogical Frameworks in the Rehearsal Space

Julia Listengarten and Christopher Niess

4. Framing Stanislavsky: Online Pedagogies in the Zoom Era

Bella Merlin

5. A Slice of Zoom Life: Transforming Actor Training in a Global Pandemic

David Shirley

6. Stanislavsky Dances Argentine Tango: Actionable Knowledge on Co-Actor Connection

Elien Hanselaer

7. Towards a Pedagogical Vision for Opera: The Musico-Dramatic Text and Stanislavsky’s 1922 Staging of Eugene Onegin

Mario Frendo

Biography

Stefan Aquilina is an Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the University of Malta, Co-Director of the Stanislavsky Research Centre, and Editor-in-Chief of the Stanislavski Studies journal. He has published extensively on modern theatre (especially Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, and amateur theatre), the transmission of embodied practice, and reflective teaching.