Stella Adler

Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 December 21, 1992) was an American actress and an acclaimed acting teacher, who founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City (1949) and the The Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles (1985) with long-time protg Joanne Linville, who continues to teach and furthers Adler's legacy. Her grandson Tom Oppenheim now runs the school in New York, which produced alumni including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, and Jenny Lumet,daughter of Sidney Lumet.Irene Gilbert, long-time protg and close personal friend, founded the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, and was instrumental in bringing Stella Adler to the West Coast to teach on a permanent basis. The LA school continues to flourish as an acting studio and houses several theaters, alumni of the Stella AdlerLos Angeles school include Mark Ruffalo, Benicio Del Toro, Brion James, Salma Hayek, Clifton Collins Jr., and Sean Astin.

What is the Stella Adler acting method?

Acting is Doing The actor must always do something on stage. He looks for actions in the script (for example, "to teach, to confess, to beg", etc.) and finds the human conflict in them. He must have a justification for each action (know exactly why he is performing each action) Developing the imagination An actor develops his imagination by first observing the world around him in very specific details. He can then create specific images in his mind in order to surround himself with things that are true to him on stage. If he succeeds, the audience will see through his eyes. Training the mind Actors must have a real understanding of the play in order to reveal its secrets to the audience. They must study the text and its ideas but also research the social situations of the play. Size Actors need strong bodies and voices for the stage so they can bring size to their actions. Adler encouraged actors never to be small. Her students learned to always bring a bigger meaning to the text.

What can you expect?

A lot of rehearsing Adler expected her students to prepare for every single activity and action they were going to have on stage. If you study her acting techniques, you will spend a lot of time creating specific images for the circumstances of the play. For example, if you are working on the 'Where am I?' in a scene, you will work out in your mind every minor detail of what surrounds you. A lot of thinking Stella Adler believed that an actor's most important tool is his mind. She also believed that an actor must completely understand the text of the play to be able to communicate it onstage without faking. So expect to do a lot of research, script analysis and paraphrasing of the play to make it your own.

Sample Stella Adler Acting Exercises

Imagination Exercise Pick an object and describe it. The goal is to get very specific (shades of colors, texture, etc.) but to communicate what the object looks like in a direct simple way that speaks to your audience. The more you do this exercise, the more objects will speak to you and the quicker your imagination will kick in onstage. Then take the exercise to the next level by letting your imagination run free (Adler calls that "traveling"). For example, a green couch can remind you of emerald earrings a woman wore at a party you went to which reminds you of the music that was playing and so on and so on. Paraphrasing Pick a book and write down one idea from the book in your own words, then present it onstage to others. Try to experience the idea so you can give it a live dimension on stage. To do that, you first need to understand the idea, then respond to it and make it your own until you feel a real need to communicate it. Inner justification Randomly pick a simple line from a play you don't know and bring it to life by imagining in details the reason why you're saying that line. Try to make a strong choice, something that stirs you and creates conflict. This exercise helps actorsexperience their lines instead of just saying them.

Si Stella Adler ay ipinanganak noong Pebrero 10,1901 at pumanaw noong Disyembre 21,1992. Si Stella Adler ay ang pinakabatang anak na babae nina Jacob Adler at Sarah Adler. Siya ay isang sikat na Amerikanang aktres at Guro sa larangan ng Teatro. Lima sa kapatid ni Stella Adler ay aktor din sa Teatro. Bilang Guro sa larangan ng pag arte nag sanay o nag aral si Stella Adler sa ilalim ni Stanislavsky, ngunit di nagtagal ay naging taliwas ang paniniwala ni Stella Adler sa pamamaraan ng pag arte ni Stanislavsky na gamitin o alalahanin ang nakaraan upang makapaglabas ng emosyon (Stanislavsky) Ilang taon ding nagturo si Stella Adler at nadiskubre niya ang ibat ibang pamamaraan na makakatulong sa pag arte ng mga aktor. Ang mga pamamaraan ni Stella Adler ay ang mga sumusunod. Acting is Doing - Kinakailangan na may ginagawa ang aktor sa entablado. Nararapat din na maunawaan ng manunod kung ano ang eksaktong ginagawa ng aktor sa entablado at bakit niya ito ginagawa. Kinakailangang mabigyang diin ang ginagawa ng aktor upang lubos na maunawaan ng manunood ang kwento ng itinatanghal. Developing the imagination - Ang isang aktor ay may malawak na imahinasyon, Nalilinang ang imahinasyon ng isang aktor sa pamamagitan ng pag oobserba sa kanyang paligid upang makabuo ng larawan sa isipan, mga pangyayaring totoo at hindi piksyonal. Makabubuo ng ideya ang isang aktor kung siya ay magpopokus sa nangyayari sa kanyang paligid nang sa gayon ay mabilis siyang makaisip ng kanyang gagawin.

Training the mind Kinakailangan ng isang aktor na aralin ang teksto upang lubos na maunawaan o maintindihan ang kwento ng palabas nang sa gayon ay alam niya ang kanyang mga gagawin at madali niya na lamang ito magagawa. Dapat ay maunawaasn ng manunood ang nais niyang iparating. Size Ang Aktor ay nararapat na mayroong malakas na pangangatawan at boses upang mabigyang diin ang kanilang pag arte. Hindi dapat kailanman maging maliit ang kilos o galaw ng isang aktor. Pagdating sa Teatro

kinakailangan na ang lahat ng galaw ay malaki upang malinaw na maipakita ang ginagawa ng aktor sa manunood at mabigyang diin kung ano ang ginagawa sa entablado. Kinakailangan sa Teatro na ang mga aktor ay nagtataglay ng mga katangiang may malakas na pangangatawan lalo na ang boses dahil ito ang nagbibigay diin sa nais nilang ipaalam sa mga manunood.

Naniniwala si Stella Adler na ang talento ng isang aktor ay namamalagi sa imahinasyon kayat kinakailangan ang malawak na imahinasyon pagdating sa larangan ng Teatro. Taliwas si Stella Adler sa paraang Stanislavsky na kailangan ng aktor na gamitin ang nakaraan upang makapaglabas ng emosyon kapag umaarte.

Ayon kay Stella Adler

Huwag mong gamitin ang iyong nakaraan bagkus gamitin mo ang iyong imahinasyon upang makabuo ng nakaraan na konektado sa iyong karakter o pagkatao. Huwag kang magpokus sa sarili mong buhay dahil itoy masyadong limitado Hindi dapat nakababagot ang isang aktor