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O objectivo desta obra é apresentar ao público tudo o que Stanislavski afirmou, com as suas próprias palavras, sobre as diversas facetas da arte à qual se dedicou de corpo e alma durante toda a sua vida.
211 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
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Constantin Stanislavski
107 books347 followersConstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski (russian:Константин Сергеевич Станиславский) was a Russian actor and theatre director.
Stanislavski's innovative contribution to modern European and American realistic acting has remained at the core of mainstream western performance training for much of the last century. Building on the directorially-unified aesthetic and ensemble playing of the Meiningen company and the naturalistic staging of Antoine and the independent theatre movement, Stanislavski organized his realistic techniques into a coherent and usable 'system'. Thanks to its promotion and development by acting teachers who were former students and the many translations of his theoretical writings, Stanislavski's system acquired an unprecedented ability to cross cultural boundaries and developed an international reach, dominating debates about acting in the West. That many of the precepts of his 'system' seem to be common sense and self-evident testifies to its hegemonic success. Actors frequently employ his basic concepts without knowing they do so.
Stanislavski treated theatre-making as a serious endeavour, requiring dedication, discipline and integrity, and the work of the actor as an artistic undertaking. Throughout his life, he subjected his own acting to a process of rigorous artistic self-analysis and reflection. His 'system' resulted from a persistent struggle to remove the blocks he encountered. His development of a theorized praxis—in which practice is used as a mode of inquiry and theory as a catalyst for creative development—identifies him as the first great theatre practitioner. Stanislavski believed that after seeing young actors at Aquinas College in Moscow he could see why theatre needed to change to a more disciplined endeavour.
Stanislavski's work was as important to the development of socialist realism in the USSR as it was to that of psychological realism in the United States. Many actors routinely identify his 'system' with the American Method, although the latter's exclusively psychological techniques contrast sharply with Stanislavski's multivariant, holistic and psychophysical approach, which explores character and action both from the 'inside out' and the 'outside in'. Stanislavski's work draws on a wide range of influences and ideas, including his study of the modernist and avant-garde developments of his time (naturalism, symbolism and Meyerhold's constructivism), Russian formalism, Yoga, Pavlovian behaviourist psychology, James-Lange (via Ribot) psychophysiology and the aesthetics of Pushkin, Gogol, and Tolstoy. He described his approach as 'spiritual Realism'.
Associated Names:
Konstantin Stanislavski (Alternative spelling)
Константин Станиславский (Russian)
斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基 (Chinese)
Stanislavski's innovative contribution to modern European and American realistic acting has remained at the core of mainstream western performance training for much of the last century. Building on the directorially-unified aesthetic and ensemble playing of the Meiningen company and the naturalistic staging of Antoine and the independent theatre movement, Stanislavski organized his realistic techniques into a coherent and usable 'system'. Thanks to its promotion and development by acting teachers who were former students and the many translations of his theoretical writings, Stanislavski's system acquired an unprecedented ability to cross cultural boundaries and developed an international reach, dominating debates about acting in the West. That many of the precepts of his 'system' seem to be common sense and self-evident testifies to its hegemonic success. Actors frequently employ his basic concepts without knowing they do so.
Stanislavski treated theatre-making as a serious endeavour, requiring dedication, discipline and integrity, and the work of the actor as an artistic undertaking. Throughout his life, he subjected his own acting to a process of rigorous artistic self-analysis and reflection. His 'system' resulted from a persistent struggle to remove the blocks he encountered. His development of a theorized praxis—in which practice is used as a mode of inquiry and theory as a catalyst for creative development—identifies him as the first great theatre practitioner. Stanislavski believed that after seeing young actors at Aquinas College in Moscow he could see why theatre needed to change to a more disciplined endeavour.
Stanislavski's work was as important to the development of socialist realism in the USSR as it was to that of psychological realism in the United States. Many actors routinely identify his 'system' with the American Method, although the latter's exclusively psychological techniques contrast sharply with Stanislavski's multivariant, holistic and psychophysical approach, which explores character and action both from the 'inside out' and the 'outside in'. Stanislavski's work draws on a wide range of influences and ideas, including his study of the modernist and avant-garde developments of his time (naturalism, symbolism and Meyerhold's constructivism), Russian formalism, Yoga, Pavlovian behaviourist psychology, James-Lange (via Ribot) psychophysiology and the aesthetics of Pushkin, Gogol, and Tolstoy. He described his approach as 'spiritual Realism'.
Associated Names:
Konstantin Stanislavski (Alternative spelling)
Константин Станиславский (Russian)
斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基 (Chinese)
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September 5, 2018
Es un libro excelente para quienes se inician en el bello arte de la actuación; una guía para quienes deseen inmiscuirse en la dirección y en el teatro por sí mismo. Es grato conocer el pensamiento de un referente como Konstantin Stanislavski. Y hecho curioso, que el método de actuación que me enseñan, se asemeja en sobremanera a varias técnicas y puntos aquí tratados a profundidad.
En lo personal, me fue de gran ayuda para mí crecimiento como actriz y darme una oportunidad de apreciar el riguroso trabajo que hay detrás de grandiosos personajes.
Altamente recomendado. El lenguaje es sencillo y con ejemplos claros que permiten mayor comprensión de lo ahí mencionado. A pesar de que a momentos se caía en la repetición, es comprensible ya que hay puntos claves que es importante tener presentes como intérpretes.
En lo personal, me fue de gran ayuda para mí crecimiento como actriz y darme una oportunidad de apreciar el riguroso trabajo que hay detrás de grandiosos personajes.
Altamente recomendado. El lenguaje es sencillo y con ejemplos claros que permiten mayor comprensión de lo ahí mencionado. A pesar de que a momentos se caía en la repetición, es comprensible ya que hay puntos claves que es importante tener presentes como intérpretes.
September 9, 2017
Un poco repetitivo pero es exactamente lo que le hace falta a cualuiera que este empezando en el mundo de la actuación. Explica todos los terminos con los que debes estar familiarizado y da muchas de las herramientas necesarias para hacer un buen trabajo en escena.
February 6, 2020
El método que te hace vivir más de una vida.
December 14, 2022
Muy bueno, no me suele gustar los autores que IMPONEN su punto de vista de alguna cosa, pero definutivakebte en cuanto al teatro pude dar nombre a muchas ideas que comparto con Stanislavski
October 28, 2023
Es bastante interesante aporta mucho, se aprende bastante
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