In Search of Stanislavsky’s Creative State on the Stage

Gabriela Curpan was awarded her PhD from Goldsmith, University of London. She is a Romanian practitioner with over twenty years of acting experience, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, and a visiting lecturer, teaching acting techniques in Staffordshire University.

Introduction

Part 1 – Theoretical Reflections

Chapter 1 – PAR Methodology and the Main Research Questions

Chapter 2 – The Creative State from the Orthodox Faith to Oriental Thought

Chapter 3 – Humanism, Spirituality, Religion

Chapter 4 – Stanislavsky’s Concept of ‘Nature’ and the Occult

Chapter 5 – Spiritual Principles

Chapter 6 – From Spiritual to Creative Principles

Part 2 – Practical Explorations – Practice as Research Case Study

Chapter 7 – From Theory to Practice – Levels of Work

Chapter 8 – The First Stage of Practice – An Actor’s Work on Their ‘Self’

Chapter 9 – The Second Stage – An Actor’s Work on Their Role

Chapter 10 – ‘Becoming’ the Character

Chapter 11 – Rehearsing with Active Analysis

Chapter 12 – The Third Stage – Performing as a State of Being