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There is a world of difference between the actor who is caused authentically to do what his character must do and the actor who only indicates of self-generates his actions.

Meisner didn’t invent this concept but it is the principle upon which his technique is based.

The technique is often mistakenly identified exclusively by his signature repetition exercise. Repetition encompasses the basic principles of his technique, however it is only the beginning. In the first year of training with Meisner, the actor addresses the basic issues of acting and mainly does different exercises. And in the second year, the skills acquired in the first year are applied to the process of crafting a role.

Basically, In the first year the actor begins working with HIMSELF. How HE responds and evolves in an imaginary circumstances, but now he must begin with the play and to actually CREATE a character using his knowledge. According to Wikipedia:

Components

Meisner Training is an interdependent series of exercises that build upon one another. The more complex work supports a command of dramatic text.

Meisner students work on a series of progressively complex exercises to develop an ability to improvise, to access an emotional life, and finally to bring the spontaneity of improvisation and the richness of personal response to text. The technique develops the behavioural strand of Stanislavski’s ’system’, via its articulation in an American idiom as Method acting. The technique asserts that by emphasizing “moment-to-moment” spontaneity through communion with other actors, behaviour that is truthful under imaginary circumstances may be generated.

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Posted on November 11th, 2008 under Actors Training • Tags: ACTING, MEISNER, METHOD, STUDYING, TECHNIQUE. •  Email This Post • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback