Beschreibung
This study is an investigation of Eugenio Barbas claim that he is professionally descended from Konstantin Stanislavski. It was inspired by many visits to Barbas Odin Teatret in Holstebro, Denmark over the period ranging from 1985-97. This study draws from, though does not rely on, anecdotes told by Odin actors, interviews with Barba and members of the Odin, and the experience of attending actor training and rehearsal at the Odin. It was also inspired by reading En Skuespilllers Arbejde Med Sig Selv, Ellen Rovsing and Egill Rostrups 1967 Danish translation of Stanislavskis An Actors Work on Himself (known to most as An Actor Prepares). Rovsing and Rostrups translation of Stanislavski is remarkably different from the Elizabeth Hapgood English translations upon which I previously relied. Rovsing and Rostrups translation is richer in the kind of pedagogical repetition and exemplary anecdotes that characterize Stanislavskis struggle to articulate the actors process.
Autorenportrait
Seth Baumrin is the Artistic Director of two theatre collectives: SUBPOETICS INTERNATIONAL, a Paris-based theatre group whose members are from eleven nations and tour the world; and GERSHOM, a theatre group based in L'viv. Baumrin also serves as chairman of the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
