What Stanislavski Taught Actors About Observation

The Collective Spirit The Official Newsletter Of The New Collective Acting Studio Stanislavski On Observation How To “Look” As An Actor When Constantin Stanislavski began shaping what would become the foundation of modern acting, he didn’t start with emotion, character arcs, or even technique. He started with something deceivingly simple and ordinary - yet far more radical: Learning to look. To Stanislavski, observation wasn’t just an optional tool for the actor. Actually, it was a wellspring...