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Monday, February 15, 2021

How Russian Theatre guru Konstantin Stanislavsky Changed the Acting Universe by Valeria Paikova

Konstantin Stanislavsky’s ideas changed the face of theater as much as Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity changed the understanding of physics. Stanislavsky wrote his name in the his…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:40AM
Monday, February 8, 2021

Mikhail Baryshnikov: A Dancer Whose Flight to Freedom Brought Him Cult Status by Valeria Paikova

Mikhail Baryshnikov is not one to go unnoticed. A true living legend of ballet, he is one of the greatest dancers in modern history. Die-hard fans of classical Russian ballet praise Baryshni…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:38AM
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Vsevolod Meyerhold: The Revolutionary Communist Director Executed By Stalin by Valeria Paikova

Vsevolod Meyerhold was a personality of great contradictions, and one of the movers and shakers in the 20th-century theatre. It’s not an exaggeration to say that he influenced the art of p…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:57PM