Ejercicios de biomecanica meyerhold biography
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Most people have heard of the Russian director Meyerhold, often in relation to his teacher Stanislavski.
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However, few understand his direct contribution to theatre and actor development. Influenced by Oriental and Balinese forms of theatre as well as Commedia dell'Arte and Circus skills, he created the physical training technique Biomechanics, as a balance to the psychological approach to acting.
The first symposium on Meyerhold was held in Sweden fifteen years ago, but with the Cold War still raging only one Russian expert was able to attend, thus the work was theorised but not practised.
Little was known at that time about Meyerhold, as through Stalin's command he had become a 'non-person' after his murder in 1940. His grand-daughter, Maria Valenta, campaigned to keep his memory alive despite personal danger, and Kustov, one of his most prominent students, strove to continue his work and pass on the system of Biomechanics.
In the 1920s and 30s at the Moscow Arts Theatre, Meyerho