Russian theater director Vsevolod Meyerhold designed Biomechanics--a system of actor training--shortly after the Russian Revolution. One of Meyerholds students was the great Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein. Gathered from private Moscow archives, this is the first book-length study of Meyerholds stylized training method in practical detail, as well as Eisensteins theoretical analysis of Biomechanics.
Language
English
Pages
282
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Release
December 01, 1995
ISBN
0786400986
ISBN 13
9780786400980
Meyerhold, Eisenstein, And Biomechanics: Actor Training In Revolutionary Russia
Russian theater director Vsevolod Meyerhold designed Biomechanics--a system of actor training--shortly after the Russian Revolution. One of Meyerholds students was the great Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein. Gathered from private Moscow archives, this is the first book-length study of Meyerholds stylized training method in practical detail, as well as Eisensteins theoretical analysis of Biomechanics.