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Vsevolod Meyerhold
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Rhythm and music
Philosophical and theatrical approach
Structure of the actor's work
Non-naturalistic approach
The mask
Biomechanics
Research task
Essay writing
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Essay writing
Practice your essay writing techniques by completing the topic sentences below.
Our group explored biomechanics by ...
My workshop experiences (or online activites) into the topic area ...
I worked with music and rhythm to create ...
When I experiemented with sticks ...
When I experiemented with the mask I became ...
My character's tone of voice ...
I explored my character's body language by ...
My workshop experiences into the grotesque ...
Practice your essay writing techniques by completing the topic paragraphs below.
The audience reacted with laughter when ...
We explored
The Government Inspector
through ...
In a class workshop the students created a ...
We worked with each other to create ...
We use stylisation to ...
In class we explored montage ...
As a student actor I found myself ...
Key points
Meyerhold's approach to acting is the opposite to Stanislavsky's.
Meyerhold's life and work were controversial and contradictory.
Meyerhold created Stylised Theatre, as opposed to Naturalistic theatre.
Some aspects of Meyerhold's Stylised Theatre include rhythm and the body changing the stage set-up, and montage.
Meyerhold was influenced by mask, commedia dell'arte, music, and the grotesque.
Meyerhold developed an actor training system called Biomechanics.
Meyerhold's masterpiece was The Government Inspector.
(Pattinson, 2010).
Well done, you have completed this bite.
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References
Pattinson, B. (2010)
HSC Drama Topics Volume Three
, Five Senses Education, Australia.
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