I should have said that sometimes, in America, the term Beats is used instead of Bits. This is traced to a mishearing of Richard Boleslavsky, who pronounced 'Bits' in English as 'beets'. He was a student of Stanislavsky and a founding member of the First Studio (before the emergence of other MAT studios simply called the MAT Studio), came to the United States. Due to a lucky confluence of events, the MAT toured the United States in 1923 and its success gave rise to Boleslavsky’s teaching and directing career in America. Given close relationship with the MAT, Boleslavsky was able to quickly establish himself as a unique teacher of the Stanislavsky System in the U.S. Ten days after the Moscow Art’s Theatre performance of Tsar Fyodor in New York, Boleslavsky gave a series of lectures at the Princess Theatre, introducing American public to the Stanislavsky System and to the ideals of the Moscow Art theatre.
American here - I remember learning this in college and it cracked me up. We still call them "beats" instead of "bits." Then again even the Native Americans here mostly prefer to be called Indians. Lots of mistakes becoming permanent names here in the USA. :P
@@Jezzelina I think beats is also useful for some plays, but probably in a diffrerent sense ; I.e that of rhythm, particularly writers like Mamet, Pinter or others that feel emotional rhythm in language.
This is very powerful. Just a reminder of that helps you long way as an actor
I should have said that sometimes, in America, the term Beats is used instead of Bits. This is traced to a mishearing of Richard Boleslavsky, who pronounced 'Bits' in English as 'beets'. He was a student of Stanislavsky and a founding member of the First Studio (before the emergence of other MAT studios simply called the MAT Studio), came to the United States. Due to a lucky confluence of events, the MAT toured the United States in 1923 and its success gave rise to Boleslavsky’s teaching and directing career in America. Given close relationship with the MAT, Boleslavsky was able to quickly establish himself as a unique teacher of the Stanislavsky System in the U.S. Ten days after the Moscow Art’s Theatre performance of Tsar Fyodor in New York, Boleslavsky gave a series of lectures at the Princess Theatre, introducing American public to the Stanislavsky System and to the ideals of the Moscow Art theatre.
American here - I remember learning this in college and it cracked me up. We still call them "beats" instead of "bits." Then again even the Native Americans here mostly prefer to be called Indians. Lots of mistakes becoming permanent names here in the USA. :P
@@Jezzelina I think beats is also useful for some plays, but probably in a diffrerent sense ; I.e that of rhythm, particularly writers like Mamet, Pinter or others that feel emotional rhythm in language.
Very helpful, thanks
Good to hear!
Thank you.