subject: Learning Theater Art as an Academic Discipline. Your Skills [print this page] Those who think about the career of a theatrical actor should pay attention to learning of the theater art as an academic discipline. Moreover, if you want to sharpen your acting skills, the first step to the success is your participation in the drama or theater club in school. Further, you will enter some educational establishment like Art School where you will develop your talent. These days, the majority of Art Schools adopted the system of a famous Russian actor and theatrical director Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski. It is the most renowned "system" of actor trainings. The basis for this system is an emotional memory and physical action. Let us consider the main principles of this system. 1. Stanislavsky assumed that the guaranty of a good performance is a full transformation. It means that actor should feel and live like his/her character, in other words, one should "experience the part". However, at the same time he said that one should feel real emotions during rehearsals only and represent these emotions during a performance. Do you remember a famous character of the Somerset Maugham's "Theater" Julia Lambert? She was never feeling, she was just depicting the emotions. It is a perfect example of the Stanislavsky's approach. 2. One should also train the body movements and plastique. One should do special exercises that are described in the Stanislavsky's book "Actor: Work on Oneself". 3. In this book, he also makes an accentuation on the constant development of actor's voice and diction, music talent and singing. 4. The method of emotional memory is still used by many actors. It means that one should evoke his/her own memories in order to express emotions. However, a bit later Stanislavsky changer it to the physical action as an access to the truthful emotions. 5. Stanislavsky assumed that nobody could teach you to experience emotions. One should work out his/her personal technique.
Learning Theater Art as an Academic Discipline. Your Skills
