Educational film. Stage movement lessons by A.B. Droznin at the Shchukin Higher Theatre School. In the frame are future actors D. Maryanov, T. Skorokhodova, N. Shchukina and other 2nd year students.
Second-year students of the Shchukin Theatre School on the training stage, in tights, warming up.
In the frame - stage movement teacher A. Drozin talking to a group of students on the stage.
The correspondent asks Drozin questions, students are sitting nearby on the floor of the hall for classes.
Drozin answers the questions, a panorama of smiling students.
Students on the stage, warming up (Drozin's voice off-screen).
In the frame - a student warming up her neck (actress Tatyana Skorokhodova), a panorama of students warming up and getting warm.
Rehearsal hall, in the frame students warming up, among them Aleksandr Zhigalkin.
Students warming up their arms and backs.
In the frame - a student (actress Natalya Shchukina).
Students on mats, warming up their feet, doing special exercises, Drozin watches the students, gives them instructions, etc.
Top view - students on mats, doing stretching exercises.
Students doing exercises for the back, spine, doing bridges.
Students on stage, doing various exercises, warming up. A. Droznin is speaking.
Droznin at a stage movement lesson, talking to students, the guys are doing the "cat" exercise - arching their backs, standing on all fours.
A student is doing the exercise.
The students are lying on the mats, doing exercises, stretching their backs, muscles, etc.
Droznin is nearby, watching the students, giving instructions, helping the guys.
The students are doing the "crocodile" exercise, lying on the mats (actor Dmitry Maryanov is in the frame).
Droznin demonstrates the exercise, the students do the splits.
A student does stretching exercises, then does the splits.
The student slowly arches back, does a bridge.
Droznin is next to the students, who are working in pairs - helping a girl do a bridge.
Dmitry Maryanov is doing a reverse bridge, with a female student standing on his stomach.
Panorama of students on stage working in pairs, doing various exercises.
Top view - students on mats doing stretching exercises.
Various shots of students working in pairs, threesomes, etc., showing various stretching, flexibility, etc. exercises (students include T. Skorokhodova, D. Maryanov, and others).
Two students are holding a stick, Maryanov and another student are bending and passing under the stick.
Two female students are demonstrating a paired exercise.
Students under Droznin's direction are performing a complex exercise - the boys are moving on all fours, with girls standing on their backs (they need to pass without touching the four partners).
Students under Droznin's direction are performing a "tangled knot" exercise, standing in a circle and holding hands.
Higher professional education, stage movement, theatre school, plastic arts classes, actors
Droznin A. B. - Soviet and Russian theater director
stage movement teacher
Moscow
Students in the stage movement class - under the guidance of teacher A. Droznin, perform various exercises, jumps, etc. (dynamic exercises).
In the frame, a student (actress Natalya Shchukina) performs an exercise on a mat.
The student, holding on to his feet, moves on his knees.
Shchukina moves on her hands.
Students in the class room, perform exercises, jump, imitate the movements of animals.
Two students perform an exercise, moving synchronously in pairs.
Top view - students move towards each other, imitate the movements of animals, crawl, wriggle, etc.
In the frame - students on the mat show a wave-like movement.
A student performs a "swing" exercise, lying on the floor.
A student performs an exercise on the floor, swings, holding on to her feet with her hands.
A student lies on the floor, holds a table by the legs, other students run in a circle, jump onto the table.
High jumps performed by students are shown.
A student jumps over a table.
Two students run towards each other, jump onto the table.
Practicing the exercise "falling over a table", Droznin helps the guys, monitors the correctness of the exercise. A. Droznin is speaking.
Droznin is on stage, with the students, the guys are warming up, doing bends.
The students on the stage are doing exercises, bends, Droznin is saying something nearby (actor Dmitry Maryanov is in the frame).
The students are jumping in place, spinning along the axis.
Droznin, squatting, says something to the guys, helps the students prepare for somersaults (the "rolling ball" exercise).
The students are doing somersaults on the mats, Droznin is watching the process.
Slow motion - the students are doing different somersaults (somersaults with a jump, a passing somersault, a somersault over the right and left shoulder).
Somersaults over a sitting person are shown.
Students perform back somersaults.
Students practice punches in pairs, do a balance exercise (Natalia Shchukina, Dmitry Maryanov in the frame).
A pair balance exercise - two students squat, back to back, jump with their hands clasped.
Students demonstrate elements of pair acrobatics, perform an exercise, try to maintain balance.
Shchukina and another student do a pair balance exercise.
Various pair acrobatic balance exercises are demonstrated, as well as jumps, etc. (D, Maryanov, N, Shchukina, T. Skorokhodova and other students in the frame).
Slow motion - various acrobatic exercises performed in pairs are shown.
Jumps, somersaults over a seated person.
Slow motion - students perform various acrobatic elements - a cartwheel, a flip, a somersault, Dmitry Maryanov performs an acrobatic element.
Students perform somersaults in pairs.
Slow motion - Dmitry Maryanov performs a breakdance element. A. Droznin speaks.
Droznin in class, shows the students a move (falling), the students slowly repeat the move after the teacher.
Droznin in class, works with students, teaches them how to fall correctly.
The students repeat the move after Droznin (falling on their hands).
Droznin practices different types of falls with the students.
The "fall with a sweep" exercise is performed.
Droznin slowly shows how to do this exercise correctly.
Droznin shows the students how to fall correctly so as not to get injured or damage their legs.
Paired exercises for jumping and falling (Dmitry Maryanov in the frame).
Slow motion - practicing punches, throws and falls in pairs (stage combat).
Slow motion - practicing somersaults and falls in pairs.
Higher professional education, stage movement, theatre school, plastic arts classes, actors, acrobatics, stage combat
Droznin A. B. - Soviet and Russian theater director
stage movement teacher
Moscow
Teacher A. Droznin during a stage movement lesson in the hall, shows students movements, blows, the students repeat (Droznin comments on what is happening off-screen).
Droznin shows how to properly imitate a blow to the face.
The teacher and the students practice blows.
In the frame, two students (actresses T. Skorokhodova and N. Shchukina) work in pairs, practice imitating blows to the face.
Droznin nearby watches the exercise, helps the students, shows the correct movements, etc.
Close-ups with Droznin showing blows.
General shot - Droznin on stage with students, shows blows on a student, the student acts them out (actor D. Martyanov), then the two students work in pairs.
Droznin explains to the students how to properly imitate a blow, shows the movement, two students work in pairs, show elements of stage combat (blows).
A male and female student work in pairs, Droznin leads the girl's hand, shows how to deliver a punch correctly.
Droznin imitates a punch to the face on the student, who acts out the punch.
The teacher with a group of students explains and shows punches, then the students begin to practice punching techniques in pairs (actress N. Shchukina is in the frame).
Slow motion - D. Maryanov and his classmate demonstrate elements of unarmed stage combat, imitate punches, act them out, etc.
Droznin shows the students how to properly deliver a punch with the edge of the palm.
Different shots - students work in pairs, practicing the technique of different punches.
Droznin and the students practice the technique of "hitting the table" with an imitation of the sound of a punch (actor D. Maryanov is in the frame).
Droznin shows Maryanov how to properly imitate a punch on the table with sound effects. D. Maryanov and N. Shchukina work in pairs, practicing the technique of hitting the table.
Close-up - hands knocking on the table.
Droznin demonstrates the technique of "hitting the face against the wall" on one of the students.
The students practice hitting the wall in pairs, Droznin helps the guys.
General plan - a lesson on the stage, Droznin demonstrates to a group of students the technique of hitting with an object (a chair).
Slow motion - two students demonstrate the technique of hitting with an object (a chair).
Droznin on the training stage, practicing the technique of hitting with a chair with the guys.
Various exercises with a chair are shown - jumping on and overturning a chair, somersaulting over a chair, falling from a chair in a fight, Students practice the "gypsy" kick - imitation of a knee kick to the chin (in the frame D. Maryanov, N. Shchukina, T. Skorokhodova and other students). A. Droznin speaks.
Stage movement lessons in the hall - Droznin imitates a kick to the leg, shows on a student how to fall correctly.
Droznin explains the principle of the kick, how to reduce speed.
Students practice punches and falls in pairs, Droznin watches the process, helps the kids, explains what to do, etc.
Close-up - Droznin's face during a lesson with students.
Slow motion - D. Maryanov and a classmate work in pairs, demonstrate elements of stage combat (punch and fall).
Droznin works with students, explains the punch technique, shows movements, etc.
Close-up - Droznin's face explaining the punch technique to the kids.
Droznin shows the students the movement when kicking.
Slow motion - a student jumps high with legs apart.
In the frame - N. Shchukina.
Droznin shows the students a smooth movement with his whole body during the lesson, the students repeat after him.
Higher professional education, stage movement, theatre school, plastic arts classes, actors, stage combat
Droznin A. B. - Soviet and Russian theater director
stage movement teacher
Moscow
Teacher A. Droznin on stage, during a stage movement lesson, works with students, explains, teaches, demonstrates movements, how the hand works during smooth movement, etc.
Droznin on stage in front of a group of students who smoothly perform slow movements (rapid).
Droznin shows a slow smooth movement, explains to the students what to do to achieve this effect.
Droznin is speaking (on stage in front of the students).
The guys on stage are practicing movements in rapid.
Droznin on stage, explains to the students the principle of movement in rapid, shows how to perform it correctly.
The students on stage practice different movements in rapid - falls, somersaults, etc., Droznin watches the students' work, corrects, explains how to do it correctly, etc. A. Droznin is speaking.
The students take turns, with their eyes closed, walking through the rehearsal hall, make a turn on the spot and continue walking, then stop near Droznin. A. Droznin speaking.
Students walk across the hall towards each other with their eyes closed, collide, touch each other, then move apart (in the frame of N. Shchukina).
A student, under Droznin's guidance, with his eyes closed, approaches an obstacle in the form of a table and chairs, climbs onto it, then descends. D. Maryanov and N. Shchukina with their eyes closed climb onto the table, then carefully descend from it.
Droznin is on the stage, explaining to the students the task that they will have to complete.
Two pairs with their eyes closed from both sides climb onto the table and, carefully going around each other, descend from the table to the floor.
Droznin at a rehearsal, watching the students perform various tricks, etc.
General plan - a training stage, students at a rehearsal of a performance, music playing, Droznin downstairs by the stage, watching the students work.
The curtain closes, Droznin is sitting on the stage. A. Droznin speaking.
Higher professional education, stage movement, theatre school, plastic arts classes, actors, rapid movements, rehearsal of a student play
Droznin A. B. - Soviet and Russian theater director
stage movement teacher
Moscow