Stanislavsky and Race

Questioning the "System" in the 21st Century

Siiri Scott, Jay Paul Skelton, Siiri Scott, Jay Paul Skelton

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032362342
• eBook ISBN: 9781000937268
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre

Stanislavsky and Race is the first book to explore the role that Konstantin Stanislavsky's "system" and its legacies can play in building, troubling and illuminating today's anti-racist theatre practices.

This collection of essays from leading figures in the field of actor training stands not only as a resource for a new area of academic enquiry, but also for students, actors, directors, teachers and academics who are engaged in making inclusive contemporary theatre. In seeking to dismantle the dogma that surrounds much actor training and replace it with a culturally competent approach that will benefit our entire community, the "system" is approached from a range of perspectives featuring the research, reflections and provocations of 20 different international artists interrogating Stanislavsky's approach through the lens of race, place and identity.

Stanislavsky and … is a series of multi-perspectival collections that bring the enduring legacy of Stanislavskian actor training into the spotlight of contemporary performance culture, making them ideal for students, teachers and scholars of acting, actor training and directing.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of illustrations
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. Re/Gaining Trust: The “System” and the System of Actor Training
• A Reflection on Re/Gaining Trust: Revelation and Responsibility
• 2. Black British Perspectives, Pedagogy and Power: Addressing the Canon through S.P.H.E.R.E.
• 3. Logunedé in Salem: Making Sense of Stanislavsky’s Last Experiments in Contemporary Brazil
• 4. Emotion Memory versus Physical Action: Towards Anti-racist Pedagogies that Make Way for Critical Praxis
• 5. Breaking Away: Latinidad and Moving Beyond the “System”
• A Reflection on Breaking Away: Looking through All Kinds of Windows
• 6. A Jewish Journey: Stanislavsky’s “System” to the American Method
• 7. The Intracultural Project: Creating an Inclusive Rehearsal Room Beyond Stanislavsky
• A Reflection on The Intracultural Project: Mabuhay as an Act of Resistance
• 8. Stanislavsky, Rose McClendon and Reparations: Whiteness, Professionalization and Reframing Amateurism in the Theatre of the United States
• 9. I Ain’t Studyin’ Stanislavsky: We Are the Key to Reimagining 21st-Century Actor Training
• Index