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1 online resource |
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Nikolai Demidov- Front Cover; Nikolai Demidov; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; A Note on the Text; NIKOLAI DEMIDOV: A CREATIVE BIOGRAPHY (From the Editors); Notes; BOOK ONE: THE ART OF THE ACTOR -- ITS PRESENT AND FUTURE; Introduction; Note; Chapter 1: Reasons for the Fall of the Art of the Actor; Enthusiasm for a Production; The Director: His Excessive Power and Ignorance; The Director: Time Pressures and Other Objective Reasons; The Director: Subjective Reasons (Dilettantism, Professional Craftsmanship, Charlatanism) |
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On the Actor's Responsibility and HeroismNote; Chapter 2: Truth; Beauty Is not Relative; Truth and Naturalism; More about Naturality and Naturalism; Notes; Chapter 3: Truth, As It Is Commonly Understood (Pseudoexperiencing); The Truth Isn't Limited only to Emotion: Directly Summoning Emotions; Depicting Emotions ("Acting Emotions"); Earthlight; "Buzzzzzz . . ."; A Motor Storm; "Verisimilitude"; Shallow, Verisimilar Idle Talk (Deceptive Simplicity); Notes; Chapter 4: The Intangibility of Truth; Why Is it so Difficult to Find Truth?; Chapter 5: On Artistry and the Artist; On Perfection |
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The Life-Giving OnenessThe Liveliness of a Work of Art; A Living Work of Art in Theatre; A Work of Art and Eternal Ideas; Note; Chapter 6: The Artist: His Chief Qualities; Giftedness; The Ability to Marvel and Venerate; The Soul's Depth, Capacity; The Ideal; The Mission; The Enthusiasm of Youth; The Enthusiasm of Maturity; A Special Mind; Talent; Little Something about Genius; Notes; Chapter 7: The Path of the Artist; Subconscious, Reflexes, Automatic Functions; Technique; Actor's Psycho-technique; How Did Technique Emerge in Theatre?; The Actor's Automatic Functions; Note |
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Chapter 8: The Path to Becoming an ArtistThe Path of Technique; "Broken Outer Shell"; Conclusion; Note; BOOK TWO: ACTOR TYPES; Actor Types; Rationality and the Stage; Emotional Attributes: Their "Structure" and Development. Perception and Reaction; Emotionality and Its Various Forms; Rationality (Reasoning): A Lack of Emotional Development; Process and Result; How Depictors Are Made (A Necessary Elaboration); Those Who Depict and Those Who Live; Distinct Qualities of the Four Actor Types; "Ailments" and Weaknesses (Shortcomings) of the Four Actor Types; Complex Types; The "Types" in Directing |
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"Types" of TheatresRationality and Imperativity in the Actor's Technique; Will and Imperativity; BOOK THREE: THE ART OF LIVING ONSTAGE -- FROM A THEATRE TEACHER'S LABORATORY; Preliminary Notes (From The Author); PART I: The Significance of the Actor's Creative Experiencing: Paths Leading Toward It; Chapter 1: Initial Steps Toward Mastering the Art of the Actor's Experiencing; First Attempts to Create the Science of Actors' Art; Two Paths Toward Experiencing, Indicated by Stanislavsky; Chapter 2: New Paths; Departing from the Principle Of "Elements." |
| Summary |
At the time of his death, Stanislavsky considered Nikolai Demidov to be 'his only student, who understands the System'. Demidov's incredibly forward-thinking processes not only continued his teacher's pioneering work, but also solved the problems of an actor's creativity that Stanislavsky never conquered. Despite being one of the original teachers of the Stanislavski system, Demidov's name was little known either in his native Russia or the wider world until the turn of the 21st Century. Since then, his extensive works have been published in Russian but are yet to find their way to the English-speaking world. His sophisticated psychological techniques, stimulation of creativity, and methods of developing the actors themselves are now gaining increasing recognition. This book brings together Demidov's five volumes on actor training. Supplementary materials, including transcriptions of Demidov's classes, and notes and correspondence from the author make this the definitive collection on one of Russian theatre's most important figures |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Russian |
| Subject |
Acting
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Theater -- Production and direction.
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acting.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Acting
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Theater -- Production and direction
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Malaev-Babel, Andrei, editor, translator.
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Laskina, M. N. (Margarita Nikolaevna), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317220688 |
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1317220684 |
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9781317220695 |
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1317220692 |
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9781315621685 |
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1315621681 |
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9781317220671 |
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1317220676 |
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