1st Edition
Stanislavsky and Screen Actor Training
Introduction
A. Evi Stamatiou: Positioning The Anthology Within Contemporary Screen Actor Training
B. Sharon Marie Carnicke: Stanislavsky on Cinema and Film Acting
Part 1: Stanislavsky’s concepts in the screenacting studio
1. Cynthia Baron: Visualization: Stanislavsky and Rosenstein on Fostering Imagination and Concentration
2. Tamur Tohver: “Fragmented” Radiation [Izlucheniya] for Camera
3. Rebecca Reeves: Accessing Stanislavsky’s state of ‘experiencing’ [Perezhivanie] for the screen actor
4. Antonis Galeos & Magdalini Remoundou: Presence [Prisutstviye] Without Rehearsal: States of Being in Daily Television Production
Part 2: Active Analysis in the screenacting studio
5. Sharon Marie Carnicke: Prompting Inner Monologue through Active Analysis
6. Joelle Ré Arp-Dunham: Embodying Active Analysis and Inner Monologue for the Screen
7. Trevor Rawlins: Reimagining Active Analysis: Cultivating Spontaneous Actor Responses for the Screen
Part 3: Adapting Stanislavsky for screenacting processes
8. Darren Daly: Exploring Internal vs. External Tempo-Rhythm: Live-Editing in Screen Acting Training
9. Lisa Loving Dalton: The Film Actor Prepares with Michael Chekhov and SynthAnalysis™
10. Fernando de Miguel Fuertes: In-Camera Études: Delivering Purposeful, Precise, and Readable Performances in Every Take
Part 4: Pedagogical Innovations Inspired by Stanislavsky
11. Micha Espinosa and Baron Kelly: Discovering Sensorial Shakespeare Through Language and Focal Points
12. Aletia M. Badenhorst: Bridging Practices: Enhancing Mike Leigh’s Method Through Stanislavsky’s Tools
13. Evi Stamatiou, Oluwatosin Sanni and Volker Thoma: Ethnoacting in VR for Resilience in Screen Actors: a Vakhtangov-inspired intervention
Index
Biography
Evi Stamatiou is a practitioner-researcher of actor training, bringing two decades of international experience as an actor and creative. She is a Senior Lecturer in Acting for Stage and Screen at the University of East London and holds a PhD from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK. A recipient of multiple awards and research grants, she is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and currently serves as Chair of the Acting Focus Group at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and board member of the Stanislavsky Research Centre. Evi’s interdisciplinary work bridges acting with technology, education, psychology, and health sciences—advancing inclusive actor training and exploring the broader applications of acting in human development.
Sharon Marie Carnicke is best known for her groundbreaking study, Stanislavsky in Focus. Her other books include the recent Dynamic Acting through Active Analysis, Anton Chekhov: 4 Plays and 3 Jokes, and Checking out Chekhov. She has also published widely on screen performance and co-authored Reframing Screen Performance with Cynthia Baron. As a teacher of acting, she has conducted many intensive workshops on Active Analysis in the US, Europe, and Scandinavia. She is currently a professor of Dramatic Arts and Slavic Studies at the University of Southern California, USA, and founder of the Stanislavsky Institute for the 21st century.
