Having a broad knowledge of different practitioners is essential to success in drama both in written and performance tasks.
Doing AS Drama? In Unit 1 you could relate the practitioner’s ideas to the texts that you study. In Unit 2 a practitioner’s style could influence your final performance … it may have even been performed in that way before.
Doing A2 Drama?
In Unit 3 you have to use a known practitioner to influence your decisions and write about in your SWED. In Unit 4 you have to come up with a concept for a production … what better way to do that than using a practitioner? Why don’t you look up some of the practitioners below to get a more in depth insight?
Constantin Stanislavki
“the feeling of truth and belief”
http://www.biography.com/people/constantin-stanislavski-9492018
http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/cinema-and-theater/konstantin-stanislavsky/
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/09/stanislavski-method-acting-michael-billington
Bertolt Brecht
“The actor should not be the character, the actor should show the character.”
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAbrecht.htm
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/bertolt-brecht/
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/18/bertolt-brecht-arturo-ui-revival
Antonin Artaud
“Cruel to actors. Cruel to audience.”
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/36724/Antonin-Artaud
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/antonin-artaud
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200906/?read=article_moody
Augusto Boal
“All human beings are actors (they act!) and spectators (they observe!).”
http://ptoweb.org/aboutpto/a-brief-biography-of-augusto-boal/
http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/en/index.php?useFlash=1
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/12.11/15-boal.html
Stephen Berkoff
“I am very resistant to most kinds of theatre.”
http://www.iainfisher.com/berkoff.html
http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2013/09/steven-berkoff-religion-and-anarchy/
Jerzy Grotowski
“If you want to create a masterpiece, you should always avoid beauty.”
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/246836/Jerzy-Grotowski
http://owendaly.com/jeff/grotows2.htm
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Jerzy_Grotowski.html
Edward Gordon Craig
“This is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, one who records more than he has seen.”
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/141628/Edward-Gordon-Craig
http://www.edward-gordon-craig.com/
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/document-1355767026875/
Peter Brook
“reality is a word with many meanings”
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/platforms/platform-papers/peter-brook
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2012/may/25/theatre-peter-brook-director-interview-video
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/peter-brook-the-theatrical-innovator/12523.html
Katie Mitchell
“I’d hate to hang around making theatre when they’re tired of it.”
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/video/exploring-multimedia-in-katie-mitchells-productions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Mitchell
Pina Bausch
“Dance, dance, or we are lost.”
http://www.pina-bausch.de/en/pina_bausch/
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/pinabausch
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/9272080/The-mighty-Pina-Bausch.html
The more you know, the more informed your performances and decisions are.
Miss Broadhead