Introduction
Sonia Moore (December 4, 1902 – May 19, 1995) was a Belarusian-born American actress, writer and acting teacher. She is known for simplifying Stanislavski's system of acting devised by Konstantin Stanislavski. Moore was a student of Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and later became an acting teacher.
Early life
Born in Gomel, Belarus on December 4, 1902. She went to the Moscow Art Theatre's Third Studio to study acting under Russian theatre practitioner Yevgeny Vakhtangovin 1920.She married Lev Borisovich Helfand after her husband's death in 1957, Sonia decided to open a school of acting to bring the up-dated and revised teachings of Stanislavski in America.
in 1961 she founded the Sonia Moore Studio of the Theatre in New York City.
Contribution to Stanislavsky acting system
In 1960 her book The Stanislavski Methodgot published to clarifying the many misunderstandings and distortions surrounding on Stanislavski's theories, which occurred during the development of"Method Acting", which later revised under the title The Stanislavski System. she also simplified the method of simple physical action.
Works
- The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor; Second Revised Edition in 1984.
- Stanislavski Revealed: The Actor's Complete Guide to Spontaneity on Stage republished in 2000.
- Training an Actor: The Stanislavski System in Class published in 1997.
- The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor by Sonia Moore published in 1965.