Looking at Biomechanics
- introduction into biomechanics - history, influences.
- When was it invented? - formal invented after the revolution in 1922 (Archives)
- Meyerhold drew from Kabuki theatre and Comedia Dell'Arte
- why was it necessary? - An answer to current theatre problem. Theatre of naturalism.
- Meyerhold developed by Theatre of Stylisation. - rejected realism/naturalism (Stanislavsky)
5 principals:
- emphasis ont he actor (minimal props)
- spectator is compelled to use imagination
- actors rely on physical plasticity and expression
- Rhythm becomes uppermost in the directors and spectators minds
- The look of the work is carefully constructed, like a painting a picture.
- training based on physicality not psychology
- biomechanics - careful precision in physical movement to living organisms
- two sides of an actors work, theoretical and practical.
- MEYERHOLD'S 3 KEY PRINCIPALS OF ACTING
- Space, Movement, Reflexivity
Wanted to develop a clarity and rigour for actor training
- biomechanics creates an awareness of those principals so the actor is aware of where they are in space, aware about how there gestures add up to a formula of movement, engaged with the audience and the rest of their partners.