One exercise I always return to: the dactyl and the gruppirovka.
Wilson, Thomas (2024) One exercise I always return to: the dactyl and the gruppirovka. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 15 (4). pp. 699-701. ISSN 1944-3927
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Abstract
An exercise I return to routinely is the dactyl of Meyerhold’s Theatrical Biomechanics. This short sequence (as described by various authors and seen in Gennadi Bogdanov’s Workshop Demonstration of 1996) encapsulates within it all of the core principles of Theatrical Biomechanics. It involves the key phases of the Acting Cycle (otkaz - preparation, posil - sending, tochka – full stop); the central role of rhythm in Theatrical Biomechanics; and the actor’s ability to connect to their stage partners and to work ensemble. But the one principle that I think the dactyl particularly elucidates for the actor is the rarely mentioned gruppirovka.
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