Estimation of Energy Consumption of Meyerhold’s Biomechanical Etudes Using Three Axis Accelerometer Technology

Biomechanics is one of acting methods which has been innovated by Vsevolod Emiliovich Meyerhold (1874-1940) regarding to eastern Theater and Fredrick Winslow Taylor’s theory of movement economy (1856-1915). “How much energy consumption would be indicated during movement mechanism of biomechanical etudes performance by actors?” This is basic question which would be answered according to this descriptive-analytic study. It is important in biomechanics because necessary basic data for next widespread researches related to actor nutrition science, metabolism, physical and environmental factors impacts on actor’s acting, and similar subjects will experimentally provide for acting physiologists. The article presents field results attained from analytic investigation of registered numerical data collected by three axis Noraxon accelerometer concern to a few voluntary trained acting students. Tests have conducted on handclasp, slipping and slapping biomechanical etudes, at kinesiology clinic in Tehran. “Evaluation and measurement of energy consumption indexes in biomechanics is possible thriugh experimental method”; this is major assumption of this paper. It’s also emphasized that achieving a modification for biomechanical etudes operation is accessible through elimination of motion mechanisms redundant by video check of actor’s simulation software file. Conclusion confirms assumptions and declares that such studies would be good infrastructure for physiology, kinesiology and pathology of actor’s physical movement in Theater of the world.