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'What did Stanislavski mean by Imagination and Concentration/Attention? How could these ideas help in preparing a role?'
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'What did Stanislavski mean by Imagination and Concentration/Attention? How could these ideas help in preparing a role?' Stanislavski, referred to by many in the world of theatre as 'the dominant influence on actor training today', had many views and techniques he believed were necessary for an actor to feel or follow in order to be fully prepared for a role. All of these ideas and approaches to acting were directly part of the 'Stanislavski system'. Imagination was key in his system in order to 'turn the play into a theatrical reality' through invention. In conjunction with the 'magic if' which can be interpreted as belief. For example, if this piece of paper was really an injured bird, then what would it look like? How would it feel? Why is it injured? It leads the actor to create details and facts about a certain object or character, which in turn make the...
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