Discuss and analyse the emergence of actor training systems since 1905
In this essay, I have decided to talk about actor training that has emerged within the last one hundred years, and you truly can’t talk about popular modern actor training without talking about Constantin Stanislavski, famed Russian actor, director, and teacher, who deeply influenced the theatre of the 20th century. Born Constantin Sergeyvich Alekseyev on January 17th 1863, and died on August 7th 1938. He was born into one Russia’s wealthiest families. During my research, I was surprised to learn that he quit Drama school early on because he didn’t like the style of training, which back then called for unrealistic, over-dramatic performances. Throughout his life, he developed a variety of techniques that became known as "The Stanislavski System” which is hugely popular and widely used in the world of theatre, and especially in film today. …show more content…
It was a style he loathed because it did not truly convey human nature. one of the basic goals of the "Stanislavski System" was to portray believable, natural people on stage. Most of the actors during this period spoke in a grandiose tone, and gestured in an over the top manner. Stanislavski helped to change much of that, in many ways Stanislavski is the father of today's style of Method Acting, which is widely used in movies. But it is argued that “Method Acting” is not the Stanislavski system, but it is obviously derived from
In this essay, I have decided to talk about actor training that has emerged within the last one hundred years, and you truly can’t talk about popular modern actor training without talking about Constantin Stanislavski, famed Russian actor, director, and teacher, who deeply influenced the theatre of the 20th century. Born Constantin Sergeyvich Alekseyev on January 17th 1863, and died on August 7th 1938. He was born into one Russia’s wealthiest families. During my research, I was surprised to learn that he quit Drama school early on because he didn’t like the style of training, which back then called for unrealistic, over-dramatic performances. Throughout his life, he developed a variety of techniques that became known as "The Stanislavski System” which is hugely popular and widely used in the world of theatre, and especially in film today. …show more content…
It was a style he loathed because it did not truly convey human nature. one of the basic goals of the "Stanislavski System" was to portray believable, natural people on stage. Most of the actors during this period spoke in a grandiose tone, and gestured in an over the top manner. Stanislavski helped to change much of that, in many ways Stanislavski is the father of today's style of Method Acting, which is widely used in movies. But it is argued that “Method Acting” is not the Stanislavski system, but it is obviously derived from