Sonia Moore

Sofia Ezarovna Shatsova Helfand (née Russian: Софья Евзаровна Шацова;[1] December 9, 1902 – May 19, 1995), known as Sonia Moore, was a Russian Empire-born American actress, writer and acting teacher. She is known for simplifying Stanislavski's system of acting devised by Konstantin Stanislavski.[2] Moore was a student of Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and later became an acting teacher.[3]

Sonia Moore
Born(1902-12-09)December 9, 1902
Gomel, Belarus
DiedMay 19, 1995(1995-05-19) (aged 94)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Acting teacher, Actress
SpouseLev Borisovich Helfand

Early life

Moore was born in Gomel, Russian Empire (now Belarus) in 1902, into a Jewish family. She went to the Moscow Art Theatre's Third Studio to study acting under Russian theatre practitioner Yevgeny Vakhtangov in 1920. She married Soviet diplomat Lev Borisovich Helfand in Paris in 1926. They had a daughter, Irene, born in Paris in 1928. In 1940, she and her husband defected from his posting in Italy to the United States, fearing Stalin's purges if he were to return to Moscow. They adopted the surname Moore.[4][1] 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. [2]

Contribution to Stanislavsky acting system
Sketches by Stanislavski in his 1929—1930 production plan for Othello, which offers the first exposition of what came to be known as his Method of Physical Action rehearsal process, which was simplified by Sonia Moore

In 1960 her book The Stanislavski Method got 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.[5] she also simplified the method of simple physical action.[6]

Works
  • The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor; Second Revised Edition in 1984.[7]
  • Stanislavski Revealed: The Actor's Complete Guide to Spontaneity on Stage republished in 2000.[8]
  • Training an Actor: The Stanislavski System in Class published in 1997.[9]
  • The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor by Sonia Moore published in 1965.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Жизнь и смерть еврейского театра. Факты семейной биографии. Часть 30". Журнал "Чайка" (in Russian). 29 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. "Sonia Moore, 92, Stanislavsky Expert". The New York Times. 1995-05-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  3. "The Bennett TheatreLab & Conservatory — History". The Bennett TheatreLab & Conservatory. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  4. New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943
  5. Sonia Moore and American Acting Training: With a Sliver of Wood in Hand.
  6. Carnicke, Sharon Marie (1998). Stanislavsky in Focus. Psychology Press. ISBN 9789057550706.
  7. Sonia., Moore (1984). The Stanislavski system : the professional training of an actor : digested from the teachings of Konstantin S. Stanislavski (2nd revised ed.). New York, N.Y. ISBN 978-0140466607. OCLC 10507550.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. Sonia., Moore (1991). Stanislavski revealed : the actor's guide to spontaneity on stage. Moore, Sonia. (1st Applause ed.). New York, NY: Applause Theatre Books. ISBN 978-1557831033. OCLC 24213179.
  9. Sonia., Moore (1979). Training an actor : the Stanislavski system in class (Rev. ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0140463804. OCLC 4494610.
  10. Sonia., Moore (1984). The Stanislavski system : the professional training of an actor : digested from the teachings of Konstantin S. Stanislavski (2nd revised ed.). New York, N.Y. ISBN 978-0140466607. OCLC 10507550.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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