Constantin Stanislavski (1863 - 1938)
- He co-founded the Moscow art theatre in 1897. He studied acting as a teen and became a highly proclaimed director and thespian. He developed a process called method acting, an example of modern day method acting would be that if an actor got a role as a surgeon or a fireman, they would take it upon themselves in their own time to study the role and maybe take themselves to the workplace of the character's profession to take notes on mannerisms and how the profession actually works so the actor can play their role truthfully.
- During Stanislavsky's reign of theatre in Russia, the communist revelation was occurring at the time also knowns as the Great October socialist revolution. Its the overthrowing the interim provisional government and established the soviet union. it was a much more deliberate event orchestrated by a smaller group of people.
- He wanted people to really put themselves out there in their roles. He wanted people to really embody and sort of become their role. He believed that it should represent natural life but that the audience should take in what they have seen, accept that it is fiction but should see that there is truth in the element and that what ever has occurred to the characters that that can happen in reality. He practised the analogy that there is an imaginary 4th wall, dividing the audience and the actors. this method was used effectively because he wanted the actors to properly feel the role that they are playing and it will help them get into the zone within the story of the script and escape reality because at that given moment they are playing a character and not themselves.
He also practised the technique of given circumstances. These are the unchangeable facts that are given to the actor like gender name and period and social class. For example if an actor was playing a female from the 19th century, she wouldn't have as many rights as the modern day woman would do maybe because of social class or in this example gender. The actors must take this on board to play their parts as truefully as they can.
- After the revolution in 1917, his factories and businesses were seized by the socialist and spread out nationally but he was allowed to keep his mansion in Moscow. As communism was the way of life hereafter in Russia for a period of time he gave up all his possessions and took up writing and directing. He became the principle director of the Moscow theatre for the rest of his life. even before and after the Russian revolution and leading into the 20s and 30s, he witnessed rivalry between his ex students. Some even immigrated out of Russia and others fought for the share of the success. His Moscow art theatre eventually was divided into separate companies.
- During Stanislavsky's reign of theatre in Russia, the communist revelation was occurring at the time also knowns as the Great October socialist revolution. Its the overthrowing the interim provisional government and established the soviet union. it was a much more deliberate event orchestrated by a smaller group of people.
- He wanted people to really put themselves out there in their roles. He wanted people to really embody and sort of become their role. He believed that it should represent natural life but that the audience should take in what they have seen, accept that it is fiction but should see that there is truth in the element and that what ever has occurred to the characters that that can happen in reality. He practised the analogy that there is an imaginary 4th wall, dividing the audience and the actors. this method was used effectively because he wanted the actors to properly feel the role that they are playing and it will help them get into the zone within the story of the script and escape reality because at that given moment they are playing a character and not themselves.
He also practised the technique of given circumstances. These are the unchangeable facts that are given to the actor like gender name and period and social class. For example if an actor was playing a female from the 19th century, she wouldn't have as many rights as the modern day woman would do maybe because of social class or in this example gender. The actors must take this on board to play their parts as truefully as they can.
- After the revolution in 1917, his factories and businesses were seized by the socialist and spread out nationally but he was allowed to keep his mansion in Moscow. As communism was the way of life hereafter in Russia for a period of time he gave up all his possessions and took up writing and directing. He became the principle director of the Moscow theatre for the rest of his life. even before and after the Russian revolution and leading into the 20s and 30s, he witnessed rivalry between his ex students. Some even immigrated out of Russia and others fought for the share of the success. His Moscow art theatre eventually was divided into separate companies.
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