Stanislavski developed a series of exercises and techniques for performers.
1) Must always maintain a state of physical and vocal relaxation: this means that unwanted tension has to be eliminated and that the
performer must all times attain a state of physical and vocal relaxation
2) Find the character’s inner truth: means their thought and emotions
3) Perfect their ability to play within an Ensemble: means that performers do not act alone; they interact with other people. Stanislavsky
was aware that many performers tend to stop acting, or lose their concentration, when they are not the main characters in a scene or when
someone is talking. This tendency destroys the through line and causes the performers to move into and out of a role. That, in turn,
weakens the scene of ensemble-the playing together of all the performers
4) Develop their own importance of specific/express specific emotions terms of specific details: this means that a performer should never
try to act in general, he said, and should never try to convey feeling such as fear or love in some vague, amorphous way. In life,
Stanislavsky said, we express emotions in terms of specifics, performers must find similar concrete activities. The performer must also
conceive of the situation in which a character exists-what Stanislavsky referred to as the given circumstance-in terms of specific
5) Discover their character’s given circumstances. Must explore the What? Why? How? Any scene: this means that the performer’s attention
must always be focused on a series of physical actions linked by the circumstances pf the play
Which of these excercises/techniques do you think is most important for the actor? Why?
Use the order calculator below and get started! Contact our live support team for any assistance or inquiry.
[order_calculator]