From: mjm <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com> Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 23:34:06 -0600 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Delsarte I had read the brilliant TO THE ACTOR: ON THE TECHNIQUE OF ACTING by Michael Chekhov a few years before I heard anything of Delsarte. I have used it since in many acting classes & workshops. Also before my introduction to Delsarte by mime Tony Montanaro (Tony died in 2002 but his Theatre/School still exists in Maine) I met a man and a woman teaching eurythmics thru the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, where I was a part time instructor. I do not recall their names. They were about to leave Milwaukee for Tennessee (I think) where they had purchased some land with some friends and were going to start a commune/school (that was during the time when lots of rural communes were springing up in the USA). I lost track of them. But the few classes I took led me to other Rudolf Steiner influenced things like the Waldorf school movement (which I always was sort of skeptical of after I visited one where a friend taught French and I was offered a teaching job) and that led to a strange old house in Milwaukee that was, it turned out, run by a religious sort of cult of young people. They invited us over to have supper and talk about their free "creativity classes". They had a small puppet stage area (but no puppets) & what to me seemed like an incredible cache of musical instruments including lots of electronic and amplified equipment. That struck me as rather strange given the Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf Schools sort of anti-technology practices. A short time later the place was raided by police and it seems they had stolen the equipment and their "school" was a cover for their fencing stolen equipment. What a weird tangled path it can be... - m On Nov 5, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Kathy Foley wrote: > Regarding Delsarte method. Ted Shawn's "Every Little Movement" > (1954) gives some understanding of Delsarte and dance scholars who > have written on Denishawn are likely to cover some of this material. > Much American elocution technique was linked to this in the early > 20th century, interpretive dance, you would probably find that > eurythmics (Steiner's techniques which persist among Anthroposohists) > and some aspects of movement choirs are interrelated. I am not sure > it will prove the most fruitful path of puppet acting on a world-wide > basis, but it is fun stuff which links in to 19 C opera, ballet and > western presentational acting techniques. Michael Chekov (an > Anthroposophist) has interesting mixtures of Stanislavski and late > Delsartian thought. > > > best, > > K > > -- > Kathy Foley > Professor, Theatre Arts > Editor, Asian Theatre Journal > J-15 Theatre Arts > 1156 High St. > Santa Cruz, CA 95064 > tel. (831) 459-4189 > fax (831) 459-5359 _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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