TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashperger,Cynthia
TI  - The rhythm of space and the sound of time: Michael Chekhov's acting technique in the 21st century 
T2  - Consciousness, literature & the arts
SN  - 9042023872
AV  - PN2075 .A84 2008
U1  - 792.028 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amsterdam, New York
PB  - Rodopi
KW  - Chekhov, Michael,
KW  - Acting
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Technique
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index; Introduction --; 1; Philosophical and Spiritual Influences of Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique: A History --; 2; The Teaching Philosophy of the Michael Chekhov Association and its Contribution to Contemporary Pedagogy --; 3; Current Pedagogy: MICHA Faculty --; 4; Current Pedagogy: Introductory Level --; 5; Current Pedagogy: Advanced Level --; Conclusion
N2  - "The Rhythm of Space and the Sound of Time examines the place of Chekhov's Technique in contemporary acting pedagogy and practice. Cynthia Ashperger answers the questions: What are the reasons behind the technique's current resurgence? How has this cohesive and holistic training been brought into today's mainstream acting training? What separates this technique from the other currently popular methods? Ashperger offers an analysis of the complex philosophical influences that shaped Chekhov's ideas about this psycho-physical approach to acting. Chekhov's five guiding principles are introduced to demonstrate how eastern ideas and practices have been integrated into this western technique and how they have continued to develop on both theoretical and practical levels in contemporary pedagogy, thereby rendering it intercultural. The volume also focuses on the work of several contemporary teachers of the technique associated with Michael Chekhov International Association (MICHA). Current teacher training is described as well as the different modes of hybridization of Chekhov's technique with other current methods. Contemporary practical experiments and some fifty exercises at both beginner and intermediate/advanced levels are presented through analysis, examples, student journals and case studies, delineating the sequences in which units are taught and specifying the exercises that differ from those in Chekhov's original writing."--Publisher's website
ER  -