Using "Uncle Vanya" by Chekhov as a sample text, participants will explore Stanislavsky’s Method of Physical Actions, a unique approach to rehearsal that he began developing in the late years of his life but was unable to finish for publication before his death. At the core of this method is exploring the play through the life of a human body and building complex emotions of the character on responses to the simple and specific physical world of the play.
 
Approximately 14-16 participants will be able to explore the method on their feet, with script in hand, while others can observe and participate in discussions. Please, read "Uncle Vanya" before the workshop.

Yuri (Yura) Kordonsky

Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Yura received his MFA degrees in Acting and Directing from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theatre Arts, Russia, under the direction of Lev Dodin. He has taught, performed, and directed internationally since 1989. In the period of 1989-2001, he was a resident actor and director at the renowned Maly Drama Theatre-Theatre of Europe in St. Petersburg. 

His directing credits include his original play Disappearance and House of Bernarda Alba by Lorca (Maly Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia); Uncle Vanya by Chekhov, The Marriage by Gogol, Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, Marble by Brodsky, Bury Me Under the Baseboard by Pavel Sanaev, and Zinc Boys by Alexievich (Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest, Romania); The Lower Depths by M. Gorky and The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov (Hungarian Theatre, Cluj, Romania), The Encounter (UNESCO ITI congress, Manila, Philippines), Fatherlessness by Chekhov (Orkeny Szinhaz, Budapest), Last Day of Youth by Tadeusz Konwicki (National Theatre “Radu Stanca”, Sibiu, Romania), The Seagull by Chekhov and Erendira by Marquez (German National Theatre, Timisoara, Romania); The Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov and Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare (National Theatre, Bucharest), Peer Gynt by Ibsen, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, and The Bald Soprano by Ionesco (Wesleyan University, CT), A Diary of a Madman by Gogol (West End Theatre, Gloucester, MA), and Canterbury Tales by Chaucer (Riverside Theater, New York), among others. 

Yura’s productions have won numerous international awards including Golden Light, Governor’s Award, and Bravo Award for the Best Production (Russia), Union of European Theatres’ Award for the Best Production (Italy), multiple UNITER Awards for Best Production and Best Director (Romania), and the Special Prize of the Romanian Ministry of Culture.

As a performer and director, Yura has toured in more than twenty countries and taught acting and directing in the US, Russia, China, Germany, Spain, Italy, Philippines, and Romania. Since moving to the US in 2001, he taught at Wesleyan University – where he served as Professor and Chair of Theater Department, as well as at Columbia University, UC San Diego, George Washington University, Colgate University, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.

He currently serves as Associate Chair of Directing and Professor in the Practice of Directing at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

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