Michael Chekhov’S Pedagogy From Europe To America Volume II Teaching Chekhov’S Dramatic Method

This study describes and applies the pedagogical method of the actor director and dramatic theorist Michael Chekhov (1891-1955) as a unique phenomenon in the broader context of modern theatre history. This volume offers a hypothetical syllabus and study guide for a 6-credit university survey course on the Chekhov techniques along with supporting materials. Appendices include a new complete translation of Chekhov’s Russian-language version of “To The Actor” (O technike aktera) Chapter One on Psychological Gesture. Interviews with fourteen present-day Chekhov method teacher-practitioners members of MICHA and other associated groups and institutions tying up with Michael Chekhov’s Pedagogy from Europe to America Volume I. Each volume is designed as a stand-alone book but the complete two-volume collection will be of great interest to all students and scholars in performance studies. |Michael Chekhov’s Pedagogy from Europe to America Volume II Teaching Chekhov’s Dramatic Method