Immersion + Passion + Deliberate Practice = Success
I was attempting to respond to Graham Wegner's blog article which is a response to Bill Kerr's and encountered issues posting my comment. So I have blogged my ideas instead.
Talent is an interesting concept.
Below is a short history lesson with a point, please read on:
Stanislavski, a turn of the century actor/director, did not have natural talent . If he had his life long quest to develop a method for acting would not have been sparked. Stanislavski held a fundamental belief that skill, as a performer, was something that you could learn not just an arbitary, innate factor such as talent. He was dissapointed with the exisiting acting schools which could not provide him with a method by which he could develop his skill as an actor. Stanislavski strove to discover a system to train himself. Through his own desire to learn Stanislavki observed, experimented and participated in discussion around acting techniques. Stanislavski eventually became an accomplished actor. Through an attempt to analyse and monitor his own progress, development and learning, as an actor, Stanislavski developed the Method.
There is no doubt that Stanislavksi, who not having innate talent, learnt through immersion and consequently developed the skills to become an accomplished actor.
I think passion is an underlying factor. This sporns deliberate practice which is driven by an underlying desire to learn.
Immersion + Passion + Deliberate Practice = Success
With all this said there is no doubt that I see students walk into a drama room with that je ne sais quoi.
Talent is an interesting concept.
Below is a short history lesson with a point, please read on:
Stanislavski, a turn of the century actor/director, did not have natural talent . If he had his life long quest to develop a method for acting would not have been sparked. Stanislavski held a fundamental belief that skill, as a performer, was something that you could learn not just an arbitary, innate factor such as talent. He was dissapointed with the exisiting acting schools which could not provide him with a method by which he could develop his skill as an actor. Stanislavski strove to discover a system to train himself. Through his own desire to learn Stanislavki observed, experimented and participated in discussion around acting techniques. Stanislavski eventually became an accomplished actor. Through an attempt to analyse and monitor his own progress, development and learning, as an actor, Stanislavski developed the Method.
There is no doubt that Stanislavksi, who not having innate talent, learnt through immersion and consequently developed the skills to become an accomplished actor.
I think passion is an underlying factor. This sporns deliberate practice which is driven by an underlying desire to learn.
Immersion + Passion + Deliberate Practice = Success
With all this said there is no doubt that I see students walk into a drama room with that je ne sais quoi.
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