ePub It Was a Trip; On Wings of Music by Jerry Byrd in Arts-Photography

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This Introduction is an exciting journey through the different styles of theatre that twentieth-century and contemporary directors have created. It discusses artistic and political values; rehearsal methods and the diverging relationships with actors; designers; other collaborators and audiences; and treatment of dramatic material. Offering a compelling analysis of theatrical practice; Christopher Innes and Maria Shevtsova explore the different rehearsal and staging principles and methods of such earlier groundbreaking figures as Stanislavsky; Meyerhold and Brecht; revising standard perspectives on their work. The authors analyse; as well; a diverse range of innovative contemporary directors; including Ariane Mnouchkine; Elizabeth LeCompte; Peter Sellars; Robert Wilson; Thomas Ostermeier and Oskaras Korscaron;unovas; among many others. While tracing the different roots of directorial practices across time and space; and discussing their artistic; cultural and political significance; the authors provide key examples of the major directorial approaches and reveal comprehensive patterns in the craft of directing and the influence and collaborative relationships of directors.