shift of thought from - spirit, sentiment, the individual (Stanislavsky) stuff
communist party agreed - the state as a machine, industry, the collective.
Meyehold joined the communists party.
He was seen as a threat and they shut down his theatre, arrested on espionage charges and killed by the KGB.
Meyerhold committed to the principles behind the revolution - key productions such as 'mystery bough'.
actor training is embodied history/knowledge. not written down - blocking a show.
1st generation : Meyerhold
2nd generation: students of Meyerhold
3rd generation: students of students
All history is a constructed story
“A discernible history of actor training ideas, passed on from teacher to student, and constatnly under going change.A tradition is defined by its opposite term - innovation" - Jonathan Pitches