Acknowledgments |
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Contributors |
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PART ONE Defining ensemble |
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Introduction |
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1 The emergence of studiinost: The ethics and processes of ensemble in the Russian theatre studio |
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49 | (12) |
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2 More than the sum of their parts: Reflections on Vsevolod Meyerhold's theatrical ensemble |
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61 | (17) |
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3 Michael Chekhov's ensemble feeling |
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78 | (16) |
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4 Star or Team? Theodore Komisarjevsky's early developments in ensemble playing in the United Kingdom |
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94 | (17) |
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5 The French ensemble tradition: Jacques Copeau, Michel Saint-Denis and Jacques Lecoq |
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111 | (15) |
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6 The Berliner Ensemble: Bertolt Brecht's theories of theatrical collaboration as practice |
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126 | (17) |
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PART TWO Contemporary ensemble |
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145 | (2) |
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Snapshot #2 Michael Boyd on the RSC ensemble Introduced |
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147 | (5) |
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7 Stan's Cafe: The vision of the ensemble |
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152 | (20) |
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Snapshot #3 Collaboration, ensemble, devising |
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167 | (3) |
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Snapshot #4 Ensemble/improvisation: An experiment in drama/music interdisciplinarity |
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170 | (2) |
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8 As important as blood and shelter: Extending studiinost into obshchnost |
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172 | (19) |
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Snapshot #5 Ensembles, groups, networks |
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182 | (3) |
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Snapshot #6 Teatr Chorea: Synchrony in action |
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185 | (3) |
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Snapshot #7 Song of the Goat Theatre (Teatr Piesn Kozla) |
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188 | (3) |
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9 Towards a syncretic ensemble? RedCape Theatre's The Idiot Colony |
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191 | (21) |
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Snapshot #8 Network of ensemble theaters |
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209 | (3) |
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10 Locating the ensemble: NACL theatre and the ethics of collaboration |
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212 | (10) |
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11 Building Chartres in the desert: The TEAM, collective intelligence and the failure of ideals |
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222 | (12) |
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12 Elevator Repair Service and The Wooster Group: Ensembles surviving themselves |
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234 | (16) |
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13 `Whose fantasy?' Five voices on Rachel Rosenthal's TOHUBOHU! Extreme Theatre Ensemble |
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250 | (21) |
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Snapshot #9 The Waiting Room: Practicing embodied cognition in performance |
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263 | (3) |
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Snapshot #10 Ingemar Lindh and the Institutet for Scenkonst |
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266 | (5) |
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PART THREE Forming ensemble: Some approaches to training |
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273 | (40) |
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14 `Self-With-Others': A psychophysical approach to training the individual in ensemble |
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313 | (56) |
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Snapshot #11 Collaborating in time: The formation of ensemble through rhythm |
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363 | (4) |
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Snapshot #12 Delicate codes and invisible lines: `Pulse' - an approach to ensemble training |
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367 | (2) |
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15 Psychophysical training and the formation of an ensemble |
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369 | (20) |
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Snapshot #13 The Suzuki actors' training method as ensemble training |
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381 | (4) |
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Snapshot #14 Ensemble training and Meyerhold's biomechanics |
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385 | (2) |
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Snapshot #15 Narrative images |
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387 | (2) |
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16 Freedom and constraints: Jacques Lecoq and the theater of ensemble creation |
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389 | (22) |
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Snapshot #16 Birthdays make the best training |
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405 | (3) |
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Snapshot #17 Where I'll be on Armageddon |
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408 | (3) |
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Afterword: What is it? |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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