Movement Directors in Contemporary Theatre

Conversations on Craft

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvAyse Tashkiran,UK) Tashkiran, Ayse (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

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'When directors understand the value of a movement director they remove any sense of hierarchy within the room and place movement directors firmly by their side for they are and should be their co-pilot, navigating and creating the world of the play.’— Joan IyiolaMovement directors work with the physical, living bodies at the heart of theatre productions, creating movement languages with actors and directors. Through a series of in-depth interviews with leading theatre practitioners, Ayse Tashkiran charts the growth of the movement director in contemporary theatre. The voices of Jane Gibson, Sue Lefton, Kate Flatt, Toby Sedgwick, Siân Williams, Struan Leslie, Ellen Kane, Peter Darling, Steven Hoggett, Ann Yee, Imogen Knight and Shelley Maxwell explore processes of creativity, collaboration and innovation for the moving body in performance.The conversations open up:Growth of movement direction through the 20th centuryNew insights into embodied theatre practiceDiverse movement approaches and creative preparationPhysical trainings and influencesWorking methods with directors and actors in the rehearsal roomMovement for actors in opera, film, television and musical theatreRelationships between movement direction and theatre choreographyPotential future developments in the field

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-07-09
Mått152 x 232 x 18 mm
Vikt360 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieTheatre Makers
Antal sidor240
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350054455

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Ayse Tashkiran is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Course Leader MA/MFA Movement: Directing and Teaching at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and is the recipient of a Society for Theatre Research award for her research into the history of movement direction. She practises as a movement director for a variety of professional theatre productions and companies including the Young Vic, the RSC and WNO max.

Forewords Maria Aberg and Joan IyiolaPrefaceAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Early practitioners and practices3. Themes4. Jane Gibson5. Sue Lefton6. Kate Flatt7. Toby Sedgwick8. Siân Williams9. Struan Leslie10. Ellen Kane11. Peter Darling12. Steven Hoggett13. Ann Yee14. Imogen Knight15. Shelley Maxwell16. Future voices with Diane Alison-Mitchell, Polly Bennett, Lucy Cullingford, Ioli Filippakopoulou, Natasha Harrison, Chi-San Howard, Vicki Igbokwe, Jennifer Jackson, Ingrid Mackinnon, Rebecca Meltzer, Coral Messam, Anna Morrissey, Sue Mythen, Sacha Plaige17. Beyond the room: Contexts and structures

Tashkiran has collected interviews with fellow movement directors for years. She is a great interviewer and a careful listener, instinctively taking a back seat and giving space and time to her interviewee, only intercepting to dig a little deeper or tease out more clarification … [the book] brims with different personalities, unfinished thoughts and stream-of-consciousness monologues – the struggles of people who habitually work with bodies to find the right word. The book allows us to sneak a peek directly into the rehearsal room and the very practical physical craft that happens there.