Sam Kogan (22 October 1946 â€" 11 November 2004) was a Russian actor,
director, and acting teacher. He is best known for developing and
establishing an acting technique that he called "The Science of
Acting." He founded The School of the Science of Acting (formerly 'The
Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts' and 'The Academy of the Science of
Acting and Directing'), in London in 1991. He also wrote the book The
Science of Acting, which was edited by his daughter, Helen Kogan.Kogan
was born to a Jewish family in Sokyriany, a small city in Chernivtsi
Oblast in the then USSR, but he grew up in Czernowitz. In his youth he
was an accomplished folk dancer and wrestler, competing in both at a
national level. In 1966 he gained entrance to GITIS - the Russian
Academy of Theatre Arts, where he studied for five years under the
tutelage of Maria Knebel. Knebel was herself a former student of
Konstantin Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, Yevgeny Vakhtangov and
Vsevolod Meyerhold as well as a colleague of both Stanislavski and
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. Kogan graduated in 1971. He sought an
environment conducive to his creative work, eventually arriving in
London in 1974.In London, Kogan began to develop his ideas about
acting. Influenced in particular by Konstantin Stanislavski's acting
system and sharing his purpose of "turning audiences into
eavesdroppers, peering through an invisible wall on to the lives of
real people.", over the next 30 years Kogan worked to develop an
acting technique the implementation of which would enable actors to
act as if unobserved. He believed:
director, and acting teacher. He is best known for developing and
establishing an acting technique that he called "The Science of
Acting." He founded The School of the Science of Acting (formerly 'The
Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts' and 'The Academy of the Science of
Acting and Directing'), in London in 1991. He also wrote the book The
Science of Acting, which was edited by his daughter, Helen Kogan.Kogan
was born to a Jewish family in Sokyriany, a small city in Chernivtsi
Oblast in the then USSR, but he grew up in Czernowitz. In his youth he
was an accomplished folk dancer and wrestler, competing in both at a
national level. In 1966 he gained entrance to GITIS - the Russian
Academy of Theatre Arts, where he studied for five years under the
tutelage of Maria Knebel. Knebel was herself a former student of
Konstantin Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, Yevgeny Vakhtangov and
Vsevolod Meyerhold as well as a colleague of both Stanislavski and
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. Kogan graduated in 1971. He sought an
environment conducive to his creative work, eventually arriving in
London in 1974.In London, Kogan began to develop his ideas about
acting. Influenced in particular by Konstantin Stanislavski's acting
system and sharing his purpose of "turning audiences into
eavesdroppers, peering through an invisible wall on to the lives of
real people.", over the next 30 years Kogan worked to develop an
acting technique the implementation of which would enable actors to
act as if unobserved. He believed:
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