Method acting aspects), and Sanford Meisner (the behavioral aspects). The approach was first developed when they worked together at the Group Theatre in New York. All three subsequently claimed to be the rightful heirs of Stanislavski's approach. "The Method" is an elaboration of the "system" of acting developed by the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski. In the first three decades of the 20th century, Stanislavski organized his training, preparation, and rehearsal techniques into a coherent, systematic methodology. The "system" brought together and built on: (1) the director-centred, unified aesthetic and disciplined, ensemble approach of the Meiningen company; (2) the actor-centred realism of
Eugene Lavrenchuk active pedagogical activities in Russia and Europe. He is the founder and head of the School of acting and directing - "Open Theater School of Lavrenechuka Eugene." The school education and training program is based on his own method of teaching using the new interpretation of the ideas of Michael Chekhov, Jerzy Grotowski, Antonin Artaud and Konstantin Stanislavsky. The essence of the new method underlying the teaching of acting and directing is antipsychologism as the basis of acting and directorial thinking. This radically changes the basic criteria of acting and elocution. The possibility of an effective alternative to traditional methods