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Stanislavski

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[stan-uh-slahv-skee, -slahf-, stuh-nyi-slahf-skyee] / ˌstæn əˈslɑv ski, -ˈslɑf-, stə nyɪˈslɑf skyi /
Or Stanislavsky

noun

  1. Konstantin Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev, 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.


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I studied theater — Stanislavski — and English literature before I embarked on my music career, which was still being creative with words.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

Stanislavski and Strasberg still have something to teach.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022

After studying with Stanislavski herself in 1934, she returned to the Group with the news that he had disavowed affective memory.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2022

She was expelled from about a dozen schools, by her count, before starting her career in the arts, studying the Stanislavski acting method at a theater academy in Rome.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

From his courses at Northwestern and elsewhere, and from studying the legendary acting coaches like Constantin Stanislavski, he knows the principles of restraint and control.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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