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STANISLAVSKI Konstantin

 
Konstantine Sergueïevitch Alekseïev.
 

Date of birth : January 5, 1863, Moscow, Russia.

Date of death : August 7, 1938, Moscow, Russia.

 

Profession Russian actor and director 
                co-founder of the influent Art Theater of Moscow
                drama teacher.

 

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His theories about the drama playing and the actor training ("To the Actor") had a huge influence on the interpretation, in the USA and in the whole world.

His teaching was at the heart of the Method taught by Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio.

According to Strasberg, Stanislavski's great contribution was to "discover that it was possible to find the way to consciously stimulate the creative process, which usally happened in an unconsciously way".

 

March 1955, Marilyn reading " To the Actor"  

 


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