- Born in Moscow, Russia in 1863 (died:1938)
- Began an actor and moved on to become a director and teacher
- parents did not indulge in his passion for theatre, so he changed his name
- developed a new system of actor training and development- a new way to approach theatre
- it took years of experimenting to get to what is now known as the Stanislavsky system.
5 elements of actor preparation
- relaxation: learning to relax the muscles and eliminate physical tension while performing.
- concentration: learning to think like an actor and to respond to one’s own imagination.
- observation: discovering the sensory base of the work, “sense memory” or “affective memory”
- communication: developing the ability to interact with other performers spontaneously, and with an audience, without violating the world of the play.
- imagination: The more fertile the actor’s imagination, the more interesting would be the choices made in terms of objective, physical action, and creating the given circumferences around the character.
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