Encountering ensemble / John Britton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Britton, John (John Richard)

Series:

Performance books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ensemble theater.

Physical Description:

xvii, 449 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2013.

Summary:

"Encountering Ensemble, is a text for students, teachers, researchers and practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the history, conceptual foundations and practicalities of the world of ensemble theatre. It is the first book to draw together definitions and practitioner examples, making it a cutting edge work on the subject. Encountering Ensemble combines historical and contemporary case studies with a wide range of approaches and perspectives. It is written collaboratively with practitioners and members from the academic community and is divided into three sections:1. Introduction and an approach to training ensembles 2. Practitioner case studies and analysis of specific practical approaches to training ensembles (or individuals in an ensemble context) 3. Succinct perspectives from practitioners reflecting on a range of questions including: What is an ensemble?; the place of ensemble in the contemporary theatre landscape; and training issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part One. Defining Ensemble: Introduction / John Britton; 1. The emergence of Studiinost: the ethics and processes of ensemble in the Russian theatre studio / Bryan Brown; 2. More than the sum of their parts: Reflections on Vsevolod Meyerhold's theatrical ensemble / Amy Skinner; 3. Michael Chekhov's ensemble feeling / Franc Chamberlain; 4. Star or Team? Theodore Komisarjevsky's early developments in ensemble playing in the United Kingdom / Jonathan Pitches; 5. The French ensemble tradition: Jacques Copeau, Michel Saint-Denis and Jacques Lecoq / Mark Evans; 6. The Berliner Ensemble: Bertolt Brecht's theories of theatrical collaboration as practice / David Barnett

Part Two. Contemporary Ensemble: : Snapshot #1. Ensemble / Chris Johnstone; Snapshot #2. Michael Boyd on the RSC ensemble / Introduced by Duška Radosavljević ; 7. Stan's Cafe: the vision of the ensemble / Adam J. Ledger; Snapshot #3. Collaboration, ensemble, devising / Peter Harrop and Evelyn Jamieson; Snapshot #4. Ensemble/improvisation: An experiment in drama/music interdisciplinarity / Paul Carr & Richard J. Hand; 8. As important as blood and shelter: extending studiinost into obshchnost / Bryan Brown; Snapshot #5. Ensembles, groups, networks / Julia Varley; Snapshot #6. Teatr CHOREA: Synchrony in action / Małgorzata Jabłońska; Snapshot #7. Song of the Goat Theatre (Teatr Pieśń Kozła) / Anna Porubcansky; 9. Towards a syncretic ensemble? RedCape Theatre's The Idiot Colony / Rebecca Loukes; Snapshot #8. Network of ensemble theaters / Mark Valdez; 10. Locating the \eEnsemble: NACL theatre and the ethics of collaboration / Brad Krumholz; 11. Building Chartres in the desert: The TEAM, collective intelligence, and the failure of ideals / Paz Hilfinger-Pardo; 12. Elevator Repair Service and The Wooster Group: Ensembles surviving themselves / John Collins; 13. 'Whose vantasy?' Five voices on Rachel Rosenthal's TOHUBOHU! Extreme Theater Ensemble / Marianne Sharp; Snapshot #9. The Waiting Room: Practicing embodied cognition in performance / Kate Hunter; Snapshot #10. Ingemar Lindh and the Institutet för Scenkonst / Frank Camilleri

Part Three. Forming Ensemble: Some Approaches to Training: Introduction / John Britton; 14. 'Self-With-Others': A psychological approach to training the individual in ensemble / John Britton; Snapshot #11. Collaborating in time: The formation of ensemble through rhythm / Eilon Morris; Snapshot #12. Delicate codes and invisible lines. 'Pulse': an approach to ensemble training / Tanya Gerstle; 15. Psychophysical training and the formation of an ensemble / Phillip Zarrilli; Snapshot #13. The Suzuki actors' training method as ensemble training / Antje Diedrich; Snapshot #14. Ensemble training and Meyerhold's biomechanics / Terence Henry Chapman; Snapshot #15. Narrative images / Chris Johnstone; 16: Freedom and constraints: Jacques Lecoq and the theater of ensemble creation / Susan Thompson; Snapshot #16. Birthdays make the best training / Bryan Brown; Snapshot #17. Where I'll Be On Armageddon / Patrick Stewart; Afterword: What is it? / John Britton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-435) and index.

ISBN:

9781472538871

1472538870

9781408152003

1408152002

OCLC:

845350062