Leonid Fedorovich Makariev — Actor, Teacher, Scholar: a Student’s View
Abstract
Theatre pedagogy became a significant phenomenon in the 20th century. Solving the problem of a “new actor” needed for various areas of directing practice, theatre pedagogy, basing on the previous experience, suggested several models. The analysis of this phenomenon
has not yet received a systematic development. All the variety of scholar researches is focused mainly on the most significant persons — K. Stanislavsky, Vs. Meyerhold, M. Chekhov,
etc. On the other hand, the main effort at the moment is the publication of the documents,
which reflect the diversity of understandings of the theatre pedagogy main directions.
One of the brightest representatives of the Russian theatre pedagogy is Leonid Makariev.
His desire to find a universal method of educating an actor was reflected in a number of
significant public statements and his achievements as the head of the department, teacher,
actor, and director. The publication of his legacy is an important step for understanding
the processes of developing of both artistic and pedagogical thought. The way of organizing Leonid Makariev documents was suggested by Yuriy Vasiliev in a two-volume book
L. F. Makariev: Theatre. Creative process. Destiny.
The article deals not only with Makariev’s experience, reflected through the optics of him
as a publisher, but also with some significant issues of theatre pedagogy which are relevant
nowadays.
Keywords
Leonid Makariev, acting art, theatre theory, theatre pedagogy.
For citation
Burachenko A. I. Leonid Fedorovich Makariev — Actor, Teacher, Scholar: a Student’s View. Theatre. Fine Arts. Cinema. Music. 2023, no. 4, pp. 216–228.
DOI: 10.35852/2588-0144-2023-4-216-228
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Received: 11.10.2023
Revised: 08.11.2023
Accepted: 10.11.2023