Product Description
by Evi Stamatiou (Editor), Sharon Marie Carnicke (Editor)
Stanislavsky and Screen Actor Training is a collection of essays mapping the acting field's current engagement with Stanislavsky practices and concepts for training in the screen industries across continents.
Author 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.
