Lourdes School of Mandaluyong High School Department A.Y. 2013-2014 In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements In English IV AN ANALYSIS PAPER ON ANTON CHEKHOV’S THE SEAGULL AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD Submitted to: Mrs. Joneth D. Vibar Submitted by: Vincent del Castillo IV-St.Francis of Assisi Outline of Analysis 1 Author’s Style 1.1 Anton Chekhov as a Playwright and Author of Short Stories 1.1.1 Russia’s best
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How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? The play The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov shows the changing times in Russia‚ particularly the rise of the serfs and the communist ideology. During the discussion‚ various topics were brought up‚ including social class‚ time‚ characterisation‚ and the significance of the cherry orchard. The cherry orchard in general represents the wealth of the aristocrats and the old social
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For the same scene we had also used an action mime technique. Action mime is when an actor uses a motif of mimed movements to contribute to the development of their character. Action mime is key to Berkoff’s Physical theatre because the performance style has a focus on movement and the body. I found this technique particularly helpful when I tried to embody the words as Berkoff intended and when I was developing Joey’s monologue. Berkoff believed that even if all the words from the scrip were taken
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Family background: Stanislavski had a privileged youth‚ growing up in one of the richest families in Russia‚ the Alekseyevs.[4] He was born Constantin Sergeyevich Alexeyev – "Stanislavski" was a stage name that he adopted in 1884 in order to keep his performance activities secret from his parents.[5] The prospect of becoming a professional actor was taboo for someone of his social class; actors had an even lower social status in Russia than in the rest of Europe‚ having only recently been serfs and
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Constantin Brancusi The biggest sculptor of the XXth century‚ Constantin Brancusi the central figure in the modern art movement and a pioneer of abstractization is considered to be the father of modern sculpture. The uniqueness of his sculptures comes from their elegance and the sensible use of his materials combining the simplicity of popular Romanian art and the elegant Parisian avangardism. The most important characteristics of Brancusi’s art are probably the verticality‚ horizontality
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ART-101-01 Museum Paper The Kiss – Constantin Brancusi Constantin Brancusi‚ a Romanian sculptor born in 1876‚ is considered one of the first creators in modern art and was a central figure of the modern movement and a pioneer of abstraction. As a young man he was a craftsman in woodcarving. From 1898 to 1902‚ he studied at the National Fine Arts School in Bucharest. He was eager to continue his education in Paris. In 1904 Brancusi went to Paris and enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts in
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upon different aspects of the work than Stanislavski would have. So‚ for example‚ Brecht took Stanislavski’s concept of the super-objective‚ which for Stanislavski represents the Ruling Idea of the play – what the play is essentially about‚ which then unites and guides the actors‚ helping them to work together in the service of a coherent and focused production – but then emphasised the distancing aspects of this process for the actors much more than Stanislavski himself would have done. Mumford notes
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Comparing Stanislavski and Brecht’s acting techniques Early life Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg‚ Bavaria. On the 10th February 1898 Brecht’s home life was comfortably middle class‚ despite his occasional attempt to claim peasant origins. Thanks to his mother’s influence‚ Brecht knew the Bible‚ a familiarity that would impact on his writing throughout his life. From her‚ too‚ came the "dangerous image of the self-denying woman" that recurs in his drama. When he was 16‚ the First World War
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Stanislavski and ‘The Method’ “To become a successful actor one must erase personal experience and emotions and build their character from nothing.” – Lee Strasburg. Konstantin Sergeyevich Alexeyev was born in Moscow‚ Russia in 1863. He was first seen on stage at the age of seven and at the age of twenty-one he changed his stage name to Konstantin Stanislavski. He was founder of the first acting “system”‚ co-founder of the Moscow Theatre (1897)‚ and a renowned practitioner of the naturalist school
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Brecht Vs. Stanislavski. To move away from naturalism Brecht methods differs from Stanislavski’s in many ways. In order to achieve a un-natiuralistic performance and create an audience that are critical on the play rather than be emotionally attached to the play. Some of these differences between the two practitioner’s methods that create these two opposite effects are; Events being episodic‚ Where the actors go and having a 4th wall. The two practitioners play about with the order of the
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