Constantin Stanislavsky

1. Constantin Stanislavsky “Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art” 9754007 Ivy Lee

2. Introduction of Stanislavsky • Method Acting • Five elements_ concentration, imagination, if, believe, five senses, emotion memory • Practice • References

3. Introduction of Stanislavsky • Born in January 17, 1863 • privileged youth, one of the richest families in Russia, the Alekseev • passed away in his home in Moscow on August 7, 1938 • My Life in Art (1924) • An Actor Prepares (1936) • Building a Character (1948)

4. a Russian actor and theatre director • "Stanislavsky" was a stage name • one of the founders of the Moscow Art Theatre

5. Introduction of Stanislavsky • Method Acting • Five elements_ concentration, imagination, if, believe, five senses, emotion memory • Practice • References

6. Method Acting • A system of acting • purpose : training actors • such as concentration, voice, physical skills, emotion memory, observation, harmony, analysis, creativity and personalization

7. put emphasis on the way actors do • observe every fact precisely • fathom the action in daily life • imagine the psychological status of the character • against to those skills of “disguise” or “fakes”

8. BUT… • Hard understanding • Limited

9. not actually “act” in characters; actors should believe they “are “the characters.

10. Introduction of Stanislavsky • Method Acting • Five elements_ concentration, imagination, if, believe, five senses, emotion memory • Practice • References

11. Five elements_ concentration, imagination, if, believe, five senses, emotion memory • seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching • Public solitude • “a circle of attention.”_limit their attention to the specific areas • Imagination_ none object • Believe _ anything on stage

12. “Use your own feelings; anything else leads to false acting.” • Emotion memory • the ability to recall emotions that you went through • Observation • “Observe until sympathy is transformed into feelings of your own.”

13. Introduction of Stanislavsky • Method Acting • Five elements_ concentration, imagination, if, believe, five senses, emotion memory • Practice • References

14. Practice

15. Example of Method Acting Exercise

16. “He who teaches in a studio must always bear in mind that he is not only a principal or a teacher, but also a friend and a colleague. He must remember that he is, as it were, the happy journeyman in whom his own love of art becomes united with the love of those who have come to be taught by him” (Constantin Stanislavsky )

17. References • 《肢體動作法的迷思--史氏體系的探索》/ 姚海星 / 藝術評論 14 / 民93.04 / 頁133-165 • 《我的藝術生活》/ Constantin Stanislavsky / 瞿白音譯 / 書林 / 2006 • 《My life in art》/ Constantin Stanislavsky / New York : Theatre Arts Books / 1952 • 《An Actor Prepares》 / Constantin Stanislavsky / 1936 • 《Konstantin Stanislavsky》 / Merlin, Bella. / 2003 • 《Beyond Stanislavsky :the psycho-physical approach to actor training》/ Merlin, Bella. / 2001 • 《Acting: in person and in style》/ Crawford, Hurst, Lugering / 1976 • Constantin Stanislavsky quotes / http://thinkexist.com/quotation/love_the_art_in_yourself-not_yourself_in_the/166692.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ofwr4y7H4 Example of Method Acting Exercise

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