Chapter 4

In Stanislavski's System of Acting, the term ______ refers to an acting exercise whereby the actor imagines him or herself in the same situation as the character.

magic if

When an actor is able to let go of unwanted tension, both vocally and physically, is called

relaxation

Suzuki

stomping

What is another name for a through line of a role?

superobjective

A popular actor training method that comes from Asian martial arts training is called

tai chi

In order to help an actor with his or her through line of a role, Stanislavski suggested that the actors split the play into smaller parts called

units

bogart

viewpoints

Which of the following need to be combined in order to achieve integration of all aspects of acting?

vocal/physical skill truthfulness believability

Which of the following statements about acting on stage are true?

-The actor plays characters that are not real but representations of people. -The actor must have an audience present.

When an actor achieves the state of relaxation on stage he or she is much better able to

-have lifelike movements -move fluidly and effortlessly -enjoy freedom from tension

Meyerhold

Biomechanics

With the inclusion of Asian techniques, the acting methods based on European and American models have included all unique backgrounds and cultural experiences.

False

Which three questions did Stanislavski believe an actor needed to answer about on stage action?

How? What? Why?

Identify the three main challenges of acting.

Integration of skills; Vocal and Physical skills; Believability

The first theatre practitioner to put together a system of acting that could be taught to others in order to reproduce truth on stage was

Konstantin Stanislavski

Which of the following modern acting teachers stressed emotional recall as the most important part of their teachings?

Lee Strasberg

The document entitled "We See You, White America" advocated for changes to what?

Methods and materials of acting training in the United States that recognize the diverse background of those studying.

Stanislavski discovered that gifted performers always appeared fully concentrated on some object, person, or event while onstage. Stanislavski referred to the extent or range of concentration as a

circle of attention

Lecoq

clowning

copeau

commedia del arte

Early in his career, Stanislavski believed that focusing on an __ was the best way to produce believable action. But later in his career, he believed that focusing on purposeful __ would eventually produce true feelings on stage.

emotion; action

When actors are working as a unit aware of and in conjunction with their fellow actors, this is called

ensemble play

The factors that led to the development of Stanislavski's System of acting included

-his observations of believable actors -his desire to pass along ways to achieve believable acting -his work with Anton Chekhov

To illustrate their low place on the social scale at various points throughout history, actors have been

-regarded as equal to courtesans or prostitutes -legally prevented from receiving a Christian burial