Exercises and Stage Studies with Music by First-Year Students of the Acting and Directing Courses
Abstract
Modern theatre pedagogy preserves and develops the traditions of the founders of the Russian
school of directing and acting: K.S. Stanislavsky, Vs.E. Meyerhold, M.O. Knebel, A.D. Popov,
A.A. Goncharov and others. Traditional teaching methods are complemented by modern,
relevant tools that effectively help educators in today’s creative workshops.
The article touches upon the problem of the development of musical thinking of modern artists
and directors in a situation of transformation of the musical background in the socio-cultural
domain, which leads to a decrease in children's and adolescents' understanding of the
internal dramaturgy of musical melody. Based on specific examples of trainings, musical
exercises and sketches with music in the workshops of the Music Theatre Faculty of the Russian
Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), the author considers methodological stages and approaches
that can help future actors and directors develop an understanding of music and its inner
content. This can lead to the disclosure of the “musicalization of the body and consciousness”
of students in theatre institutes, as well as assist in the perception of music as an impulse to stage
creativity that can be found through the search for an individual way of non-verbal expression
of the impression of its perception.
Keywords
Theatre pedagogy, Russian theatre school, theatre music, GITIS, K.S. Stanislavsky,
Vs. E. Meyerhold, O.L. Kudryashov.
For citation
Sopolеv T. I. Exercises and Stage Studies with Music by First-Year Students of the Acting and Directing Courses. Theatre. Fine Arts. Cinema. Music. 2023, no. 2, pp. 172–185.
DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2023-2-172-185
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Received: 13.03.2023
Revised: 10.05.2023
Accepted: 15.05.2023