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Constantine Stanislavski

Born January 1863-7th August 1938 Primary practitioner for almost every actor Created the 'system' of actor training Co founded the world famous Moscow art centre Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko following a legendary 18 hour conversation Amateur until 33 Father of contemporary acting practice certainly for realism or naturalism which dominates western theatre and film The inspiration for the 'American method' Arguably the first acting practitioner to look at what we do in our everyday lives and systematically convert it to stage. Is used in all exams all degrees and all practitioners. The method is completely unique to the actor as it's only what feels natural and so equally this will change with class, religion, country and time period. Subtle. A journey through space and time. Thousand ways to be sad. Actor training Included ballet, stage fighting, acrobatics and vocal training in diction and scenic speech. . Psycho physicality . Discipline . Stage ethics . Relaxation . Breathing to prepare the body . Concentration and attention to prepare the psyche . Inspiration . Spirituality . The inner creative state . Creative atmosphere Subtext As we fulfill our daily 'objectives' in every area of our daily lives, we don't communicate all of our desires and thoughts but more about 10 percent. In theatre the other 90 percent lies beneath the script. What it achieves? It's the key to unlocking our objectives. The melody of our human soul. It's the reason why we see a performance and not just read a script. It's the means of personalising a role. It's the essence of actions - reaction - decision sequence. Subtext works in conjunction with objectives. The six fundamental questions Who? When? Where? Why? For what reason? How? THE TRUTH Not just naturalistic but as long as logic and reason is applied to it, any genre, style or medium can have its own since of truth. 3 manifestation Make believe truths (broad strokes and cliches) Actual fact (direct experience of life) Scenic truth (filtering experiences into something aesthetically usable in performance).