| Description |
1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- PART I: Playing Objectives -- Chapter 1. Money in Your Pocket: Meisner, Objectives, and the First Six Lines -- The First Six Lines -- Post-exercise Reflections -- Going Forward -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. Psychological Gesture: Michael Chekhov Exercises on Physicalizing the Objective -- Introduction -- Exercise: Introduction to Psychological Gesture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3. Making Sport of Objectives: Teaching through Student-Developed Physical Competition -- Real Action Scene Assignment Goals Meaningful Consequence -- Chapter 4. Structured Improvised Scenes -- Structured Improvised Scenes -- Chapter 5. Scoring the Un-Scorable -- Inspiration -- Setup: Glossary -- Directions -- Post-Exercise Reflections -- Documentation -- Notes -- Chapter 6. Creating a Physical Score in a Snap: Using Social Media to Appeal to the Smartphone Generation -- Social Media Stories and the Physical Score -- Notes -- PART II: Overcoming Obstacles -- Chapter 7. Engaging Obstacles -- Exercise: Angels and Demons -- Exercise: True vs. Kinda -- Exercise: Talk to the Hand -- Final Thoughts -- Notes -- Chapter 8. Active Obstacle Image Scoring -- Why Work with Active Obstacle Images? -- The Ability to Work Alone -- The Nine-Step Process -- Archetypal Gestures -- Notes -- Chapter 9. Resistance -- Resistance Excercise -- Vignettes (Frozen Pictures) -- Notes -- Chapter 10. Returning the Dress: Demonstrating Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics -- Returning the Dress -- Notes -- Chapter 11. Improvised Fantasies: Heightening Objectives and Obstacles in Scene Work -- Improvised Fantasies Exercise -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12. Optimizing the Obstacle: Using Indicators of Csíkszentmihályi's Flow to Help Select, Test, and Experience Stanislavski's Obstacles -- What Is Flow? -- History of Flow -- The Flow Indicators -- The Relationship between Flow, Stanislavski and Inspired Acting -- Why Obstacles for This Exercise? -- What are Obstacles? -- Why They Matter -- Incorporation -- The Indicators Focused on for This Exercise -- Exercise Goals -- Inspiration (or Exercise Origins) -- Post-Exercise Reflections (for New Leaders to Consider as Discussion Points) -- Ideas for Further Research -- Obstacle Card Ideas -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- PART III: Identifying Tactics -- Chapter 13. The Tag-tic that Works -- Notes -- Chapter 14. Improvising Tactical Choices Based on Status or "Who's Driving the Dramatic Action Bus?" -- Some of Our Strongest Teaching Tools are Metaphors -- Notes -- Chapter 15. Transformational Tactics: Engaging Students in the Heroic Pursuit of Their Objective -- Notes -- Chapter 16. Hunter/Hunted: Experiential Learning and the Actor's Craft -- Hunter/Hunted -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 17. Tactics and Action Drives: Stanislavski Meets Laban -- Using Action Drives to Play Tactics -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 18. Stanislavski in the Voice Studio |
| Summary |
Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics in Practice is the first book that compiles practical approaches of the best practices from a range of practitioners on the subject of working with Stanislavski's "objectives," "obstacles," and "tactics." The book offers instructors and directors a variety of tools from leading acting teachers, who bring their own individual perspectives to the challenge of working with Stanislavski's principles for today's actors, in one volume. Each essay addresses its own theoretical and practical approach and offers concrete instructions for implementing new explorations both in the classroom and in the rehearsal studio. An excellent resource for acting and directing instructors at the university level, directing and theatre pedagogy students, high school/secondary theatre teachers, and community theatre leaders, Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics in Practice serves as a resource for lesson planning and exploration, and provides an encyclopedia of the best practices in the field today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938 fast |
| Subject |
Method acting -- Study and teaching
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Theater -- Production and direction -- Study and teaching
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Acting & Auditioning.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- Direction & Production.
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Theater -- Production and direction -- Study and teaching
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bucs, Hillary
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| ISBN |
9780429812019 |
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0429812019 |
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9780429812002 |
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0429812000 |
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9780429811999 |
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0429811993 |
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9780429443411 |
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0429443412 |
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