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As an actor using Stanislavski ’ s system, how would you use his ideas on ‘ imagination ’ , ‘ units and objectives ’ and ‘ emotion memory
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As an actor using Stanislavski ' s system, how would you use his ideas on ' imagination ' , ' units and objectives ' and ' emotion memory in the preparation of a role? Stanislavski ' s principle theory of acting was that of psychological realism. other words, acting should be an art that teaches an actor how to consciously produce natural action; it must teach the actor " how to awaken consciously her subconscious creative self for its superconscious organic creativeness, " and how to consciously create action that is usually subconsciously expressed as a result of conscious thought. He discovered that there is no inner experience without outer physical expression, but if actor on stage performs only physical actions, this violates the psycho- physical union and her performance is mechanical and dead. Therefore Stanislavski protested against " mechanical " acting, exploitation of art, bathos, the art of representation, " theatricality "...
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