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Article: Moscow on the Charles: joint training aims to encompass the complete Stanislavsky system.
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- American Theatre
- Article date:
- February 1, 1998
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In the annals of "great reckonings in small rooms," the 1897 conversation between Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko - at a corner table in a cramped Moscow cafe - ranks among the most consequential in theatre history. Railing against the bombastic acting style and narrative contrivances of their contemporaries, these two men transformed screed into creed, founding the Moscow Art Theatre the following year. Now, after the 100th anniversary of this historical power lunch, the American Repertory Theatre's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training is joining the Moscow Art Theatre to form an exclusive partnership: a two-year program for actors and ...