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Yana Meerzon

Body and space: Michael Chekhov’s notion of atmosphere as the means of creating space in theatre

This article analyses the aspects of theatre practice and theory dealing with body in space, or a theatrical space ‘constructed in relation to the actor’. It examines both the position of actor’s body with regards to a ?ctional space and an interaction between the stage and the audience using the example of Michael Chekhov’s notion of atmosphere ? a sensory medium ‘that permeate[s] environments and Radiate[s] from people’. Atmosphere is a multi-layered text based on the anthropological, architectural, and emotional types of human relationships. It is both the Actor / Character / Spectator communication and the employment of theatre space as sign. Therefore, atmosphere is a dynamic process de?ning the aesthetic reading of a performance.

Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0037-1998
Volume: 2005, 06/2005
Pages: 259 - 279

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