As a director, how would you use Stanislavski's ideas on relaxation, concentration of attention and tempo-rhythm to guide your actors during the rehearsal process?
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As a director, how would you use Stanislavski's ideas on relaxation, concentration of attention and tempo-rhythm to guide your actors during the rehearsal process? Stanislavski's ideas on relaxation, concentration of attention and tempo-rhythm went into great detail. He had very distinct, yet simple to follow ideas on each three, which actors still use and study to this day. Stanislavski dwelled on concentration of attention to a great extent. The use of attention when playing a role was considered very important. Concentrating on the attention was a skill that came from practise and focus, beginning in rehearsal and continuing into the final performance. The theory of concentration of attention is being able to concentrate on a particular part of the scene, which could be an object, a physical move or listening to the speech. This allows the actor to concentrate on the part of the play and know what is going on...

