Mikhail Chekhov vs. Yevgeny Vakhtangov
Topic: Training The first known publication on Stanislavski-based training dates back to 1919. At that time, the magazine Gorn, published by Proletkult (Proletariat and Culture), featured two articles by Mikhail Chekhov about the system, describing some of its exercises. Mikhail Chekhov, then a brilliant actor at the Moscow Art Theatre, was deeply influenced by Nietzsche, […]
You can either BE a character or intellectually KNOW who the character is
Andrei Malaev-Babel explains the words by Demidov by saying You can either BE a character, and be in the heat of the moment, or intellectually KNOW who the character is, what the character does or wants – one or the other. I can either be inside a story or be outside of it and “tell a […]
We say acting is listening…
We also say that the soul is in the eyes… And we know, we damn well know that Meisner, for instance, is trying to teach you how to listen and how to see (to perceive), especially in the foundation of his technique. Do I agree with the way of implementation? Yes and no, but that’s not the […]
The “Hintergedanken” of acting
PART 1 — Hintergedanken, a German word, which means “thought in the very far back of your mind.” My hintergedanken these days is the word transformation, what does it mean to transform? Can it be done? Is experiencing the “I AM” of another character a very useful illusion, Or is it a red herring? As […]
