Acting Why are these people important?

Constantin Stanislavsky created the method of physical acting, that it is the emotional reactions of an actor are the basis of an actors creativity, spontaneity, and the essence. Michael Chekov the nephew of Constantin Stanislavsky created the idea of naturalism which is attempts to create a perfect illusion of reality through a range of dramatic and theatrical strategies. Lee Strasberg founded method acting. This method was when you need to repeat a performance that you have to have an emotional memory. Robert (Bobby) Lewis asked questions such as "Why," "What," and "How." Meaning for this modern acting has to have a line that connects their head and heart. Stella Adler beliefs where that an actors talent lies with imagination, needs past experiences to connect with the play. Sanford Meisner went with the method of Emotional Recall meaning an actor uses personal emotions to feed their process.

These are all important definitions and people to know for this week, because the acting group will probably be using them. Approaching acting in many different ways such as some of them above. We had been given the assignment to analiyze scripts so we might be analiyzing other works with the different methods or need to identify them.