Mounting Stanislavski On Stage by Paul Fryer The 2008 Exhibition Why are the photographs important? The Moscow Art Theatre, under Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko was the first permanent theatre company in the world to document their work photographically. This process was established to develop a working record of productions that might move in and out of the […]
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Sharon Carnicke joins the Advisory Board
Dr Sharon Carnicke, Professor of Theatre and Slavic Languages at the University of Southern California, has joined the Advisory Board of The Stanislavski Centre. Dr Carnicke is an internationally recognised expert on the Stanislavski System for actor training and on film acting. Her works have been translated into five languages. Her books include Stanislavsky In […]
Lee Strasberg in his Own Words
The following excerpts were taken from a Stanislavski Centre lecture given by Suresh Patel at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance on the 29th October 2008. i) Strasberg and work with imaginary objects: …The bigger point maintained here by Strasberg is that the type of concentration the actor needs is what we call ‘creative concentration’. […]
Teaching Stanislavski
Teaching Stanislavski is a report on how Stanislavski’s work is taught to students in the UK. The project was initiated by The Standing Conference of University Drama Departments (SCUDD) in conjunction with PALATINE (the Higher Education Academy subject centre for Dance, Drama and Music). The project, which was directed by Professor Kathy Dacre (Rose Bruford […]
Anton Chekhov in Yalta. Christopher Baugh
This article is the first part of a new research project, Chekhov’s Theatres, which will explore the buildings and spaces with which the playwright was most closely associated. Christopher Baugh is Professor of Theatre at The University of Hull. His most recent book is Theatre, Performance and Technology: the Development of Scenography in the 20th […]
Meyerhold and the Russian Avant-garde
This article was written by Michael Craig, a documentary film maker who lives and works in Moscow. It was originally published on Performance Prompt, a Rose Bruford College performance publication on 06/05/2008. Michael Craig moved to Moscow twelve years ago to make films and write. Over the past few years he has been working on […]
Stanislavski On Stage
From the 7th of April to the 10th May 2008, The Stanislavski Centre, Rose Bruford College in connection with the National Theatre presented an exhibition of over 80 rarely seen photographs from the archive of the Stanislavski Centre at the National Theatre Olivier Theatre foyer. The exhbition was curated by Robert McIndoe, designed by Nigel […]
Movement and the Moscow Art Theatre
This article was written by Peter Bramley, head of movement at Rose Bruford College, and originally published on Performance Prompt, a Rose Bruford College performance publication on 26/02/2008. Moscow, April 2007. On the final day of a week-long conference on Movement held at the school of The Moscow Art Theatre, the delegates are treated to […]
Jean Benedetti Interview on Theatre Voice
Theatre Voice, the UK’s leading website for audio-based discussions on theatre, has just published an interview in two parts with world Stanislavski expert and honorary professor at Rose Bruford College, Jean Benedetti. The interview was conducted by Rose Bruford College’s visiting lecturer and co-editor of Theatre Voice, Aleks Sierz. Benedetti talks about his new translation […]