#Stanislavski theatre

[elegantballetalk]

What is your opinion of Anastasia Plotnikova and Anastasia Smirnova?

Sorry I didn’t answer, the truth is I don’t really keep an eye on either of these dancers so I don’t really have anything interesting to say.

But based on clips I have just seen on YouTube: Anastasia Plotnikova: I like her stage presence; it’s very sweet and light. I like her arms and legs. But I don’t like her jumps; they don’t seem to “float.” I also find her turns to be somewhat lacking in energy, including her piqué turns. Of course, this is just based on a few videos I saw. Perhaps she meant to perform them like that or was coached to do the variations that way. I really liked a video of her as Princess Masha from 2019. Also, all the clips I saw are from about four years ago, so I really can’t say anything more—she was dancing quite “student-like” in some moments, but that was a long time ago. She’s a 2020 Vaganova graduate, but 2020 was a COVID year. She studied from 2012–2019 at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (BBA) and then graduated from Tatiana Solomyanko’s class. She joined the Mariinsky Ballet in 2020. I feel bad for all who graduated in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Anastasia Smirnova: another 2020 Vaganova graduate, top of her class. I think she’s a complete, well-rounded dancer who doesn’t look student-like at all. I love her control; she transmits a sense of security. I also love her hair color. She looks really tall—is she really tall? I also like that she doesn’t have extreme hyper extensions, so there’s nothing distracting you from her technique and presence and great musicality. She’s more rigid but does not look stiff, does that make sense? If I had to critique her, I’d say she suits more mature roles better than the young, fresh ones. But that’s not (necessarily) a bad thing.

P.S.: I kind of like how she jumps from theatre to theatre. She started with the Mikhailovsky (even while a student), went to the Mariinsky corps, back to the Mikhailovsky with a promotion, and then to the Stanislavsky as a first soloist!

[annabeth-the-spn-nerd]

A list of some of my favorite theatre-related quotes:

"He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid." – Arthur Miller

"I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.” –Arthur Miller

"Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.” – Arthur Miller

"Theater has an incredible capacity to move people to social change, to address issues, to inspire social revolution.” – Eve Ensler

"The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation." – Stella Adler

"I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone." – Maggie Smith

"That's the magic of art and the magic of theatre: it has the power to transform an audience, an individual, or en masse, to transform them and give them an epiphanal experience that changes their life, opens their hearts and their minds and the way they think.” – Brian Stokes Mitchell

"I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom comes when you tell your story; freedom comes when you tell the truth.” – Eve Ensler

"We have the ability to change people's minds and hearts - that's what we want to do with theatre. That's what theatre does... period." – Gavin Creel

"I've always been a believer in the power of art - and music in particular - to inspire change." – Gavin Creel

"Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it." Konstantin Stanislavski

"The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it." – Konstantin Stanislavski

"Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you." – Konstantin Stanislavski

"I don't know what really makes a great musical or not. In the end, you write it, and you write it because you want to write it." – Andrew Lloyd Webber

"You're the luckiest person in the entire world if you know what you really want to do, which I was lucky enough to know when I was very young. And you're the luckiest person in the world if you can then make a living out of it." – Andrew Lloyd Webber

"Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the trick in life is to take that sense of generosity between kin, make it apply to the extended family and to your neighbour, your village and beyond." – Tom Stoppard

"Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to." – Willem Dafoe

"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." – Thornton Wilder

"Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often." – Uta Hagen

"The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time." – Stella Adler

"Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home." – Jim Parsons

"The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror." – Tim Curry

"The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd." – Sarah Bernhardt

"Mum wasn't at all religious, but she thought that going to the theatre was as important a ceremonial, communal experience that a person could have." – Hayley Atwell

"In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice." – Edward Bond

"I feel there's a power in theatre, but it's an indirect power. It's like the relationship of the sleeper to the unconscious. You discover things you can't afford to countenance in waking life. You can forget them, remember them a day later or not have any idea what they are about." – Tony Kushner

"The way you give love is the most profoundly human part of you. When people say it's ugly or a perversion or an abomination, they're attacking the center of your being." – Tony Kushner

"The more you go to a theatre and the more you hear stories you aren't necessarily familiar with, the more open you become." – Lynn Nottage

"I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them." – Lynn Nottage

"And whether or not you're interested in opera or classical music or folk music or the theatre, I think that for a nation's health and well-being it's very important that the arts scene is supported." – Lesley Sharp

"It's communication - that's what theatre is all about." – Chita Rivera

"It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman." – Tallulah Bankhead

"I've learnt that there's acting for film, acting for theatre, and acting for an audition." – Sarah Snook

"Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre.” – Christopher Eccleston

"Theatre has had a very important role in changing South Africa. There was a time when all other channels of expression were closed that we were able to break the conspiracy of silence, to educate people inside South Africa and the outside world. We became the illegal newspaper." – John Kani

"Films I've really liked are when you've walked out and you're still in that movie for a while. That's virtual reality for me, to go into a theatre, especially with the use of sound - a subconscious thing that's underestimated." – Lynne Ramsay

"It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something." – Don Cheadle

"One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre." – David Soul

"I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well." — Jeffrey Jones

"What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal operations of ordinary people, sometimes using mythic models in order to tell the story." – Pete Townshend

"I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre." – Paul Haggis

"Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit." – Elia Kazan

"I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath." – Peter Gallagher

"People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything." – Brian Cox

"I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water." – Vanessa Redgrave

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes

“Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.” – Uta Hagen

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw

“The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings.” – Daisaku Ikeda

“The arts make a bridge across this world in ways that nothing else can.” – Julie Andrews

“Everyone deserves to have their story fully told.” – Dominique Morisseau

“Somewhere in our DNA we know that stories are out there to help us understand what we’re doing here on this planet.” – Theresa Rebeck

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” – Kurt Vonnegut

“Don’t listen to anyone who doesn’t know how to dream.” – Liza Minnelli

"Get to know your voice - it's strong, it's resilient, it's expressive, it's you..." – Kristin Linklater

"In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel." – Konstantin Stanislavski

[tokyoterri2]

Michael's exploration of acting is exactly what I needed to motivate me to create, in this moment. Good Omens and all that surrounds it is the gift that never stops, seriously!

Michael Sheen Gets Into Character

Michael Sheen explores the strange art of acting, speaking to some of today's most acclaimed performers about their different approaches to getting into character.

more reading related to my tags:

Michael played Lodovico in Othello (1995) with Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh.

interesting real time(?) take on Laurence Fishburn and his approach to Othello

[measureformeasure]

drama student mutuals have your acting profs told you what kind of acting style they're teaching. because mine haven't

[balletomaneblog]

Destinations of Vaganova '23 Graduates

I'm finally posting a list of of the companies that the Vaganova 2023 class joined! I've listed almost everyone but there are still a few dancers that I can't find any information on. If you've heard anything, let me know and I'll add it to the list!

Mariinsky:

Jaden Grimm (USA)

Angelina Karamysheva  honors

Daria Kulikova   honors

Ksenia Potapova

Ekaterina Saplina

Nicholas Didenko  honors

Luca Dobos (Romania)

Dmitry Mukhametshin

Daler Ruzimatov

Bolshoi:

Maria Koshkareva  honors

Yaroslavna Kuprina  honors

Sofia Valiullina   honors

Gleb Asadchenko

Aslam Gariffulin

Mikhailovsky:

Anastasia Aseeva

Polina Ermolenko

Iustina Ivanova

Maria Zayats

Bogdan Gobov

Kirill Trunin

Stanislavksy:

Taiga Kodama-Pomfret (Great Britain)

Jacobsen:

Karina Davleeva

Ksenia Kholodkova

Polina Kholodkova  honors

Maria Sabanova

Anna Sharova

Gaizka Carcel Barrett (Spain)

Raphael Chabrun (France)

Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus:

Ksenia Prokopenko

Matvey Gasparyan

Leonid Kamensky

Bogdan Mikheev

State Opera Varna:

Pinja Rissanen (Finland)

Not Currently in a Company:

Mor Peleg (Israel) → recovering from an injury

Mikhail Brancato (USA) → going to a university

Unknown:

Marie-Marleen Kjerrumgaard (Germany)

Katerina Turko

Lea Charlotta Vennitskaya-Perkins

Alisa Zeldina

Mikhail Egorov

Vladislav Tyankin

[dance-world]

Evgenii Zhukov - Theatre of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko  

[n4tural1]

You guys want an article on Epic theatre and how it can be used in today's society I wrote on a whim?

I can't stop showing people I'm genuinely really proud of it and I'm almost never proud of any of my work.

Also it references The Lorax if it interests you.

[cyberpunk-r-j]

❝At its simplest, the Stanislavsky ‘system’ is: WANT, DO, FEEL. I want something. Therefore I do something. Consequently I feel something. What I WANT is an OBJECTIVE. What I DO is an ACTION. What I FEEL is of course an EMOTION.❞

— Mike Alfreds: Different Every Night: Freeing the Actor

[perksofbeingalittletwat]

Niche but unfortunately upon rewatching Will Graham is clearly a student of Stanislavsky. His entire analytical MO is just the Magic If.

[ripdragonbeans]

Learning that Ewan Michell uses Method Acting (a combination of like 4 different teachers to create its core) makes me so happy and him explaining it made me HAPPIER bc dammit the extreme stuff that some main stream actors do is um not really it it shouldn't be that intense and shouldn't be used as an excuse to be a dick

[careful-disorder]

"In Stanislavski's production of The Cherry Orchard (Moscow Art Theatre, 1904), a three-dimensional box set gives the illusion of a real room" Fourth Wall - Wikipedia

[winstonhenderson]

heyo!

i have made a new community page to talk about theatre!

it's not specifically for musicals - you can talk also about plays like "The Clean House" by Sarah Ruhl, which is faaaar from a musical.

if you know someone who likes theatre share!

[gays-in-space]

born to art, forced to write dissertations :(

[robynsassenmyview]

Hold onto the hope for that one beautiful day

"Hold onto the hope for that one beautiful day", a review of the MetOpera live's production of 'Madama Butterfly' which is screening in South Africa this week.

GO and live your life, my child, but do not forget this face, says Cio-Cio San (Asmik Grigorian) to her child in the 2024 MetOpera’s production of Madama Butterfly . Photograph by Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera. That feeling when you get into a warm bath after a difficult day, and you know everything will be alright is the kind of sensation you get in the remote audience of Puccini’s…

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