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Leopold Antonovich Sulerzhitsky (Russian: Леопольд Антонович Сулержицкий; September 27, 1872 – December 30, 1916) was a Russian theatre director, painter and pedagogue of Polish descent. He is associated with the Moscow Art Theatre and the household of Leo Tolstoy. Among his many students were Yevgeny Vakhtangov and Michael Chekhov.

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A native of Zhitomir, Sulerzhitsky pursued study of the visual arts in Kiev. As a schoolboy he was involved in decorating St Volodymyr's Cathedral, working under the likes of Mikhail Vrubel and Viktor Vasnetsov. In 1890 he joined the Stroganov Art School in Moscow but dropped out four years later, due to his "anti-government escapades." Sulerzhitsky, always a colourful personality, turned his attention to theatre and soon became a fixture of Moscow artistic life.

Tatyana Tolstaya, one of his schoolmates, introduced him to her famous father. Sulerzhitsky grew fascinated with Leo Tolstoy's ideas of pacifism and anarchism and decided to dedicate his life to their dissemination. He became one of the most loyal Tolstoyans. His diary kept track of early Doukhobor life before, during, and just after the Doukhobor's migration to Canada at the beginning of the twentieth century. The published diary is called To America with the Doukhobors.[1]

Sulerzhitsky contributed greatly to the construction of one of the most successful actor training techniques in the world. He worked with Constantin Stanislavski for many years. In his book on Stanislavski's 'system' Mel Gordon attributes its founding to Stanislavski's nine-year relationship with Suler. He was well versed in Eastern-influenced religious practices, informing Stanislavski about yoga, meditation and the nature of Prana.

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Media related to Leopold Sulerzhitsky at Wikimedia Commons

• Sulerzhitsky's works online: Scenes from To America with the Doukhobors, by Jonathan Kalmakoff.

На других языках

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- [en] Leopold Sulerzhitsky

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[es] Leopold Sulerzhitski

Leopold Antónovich Sulerzhitski (en ruso: Леопольд Антонович Сулержицкий) (Zhytómyr,27 de septiembre de 1872-Moscú, 30 de diciembre de 1916) fue un pintor, pedagogo, actor y director teatral ruso de ascendencia polaca miembro del Teatro de Arte de Moscú. Desarrolló con Konstantín Stanislavski su famoso método sobre todo introduciendo el yoga.[1]

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[ru] Сулержицкий, Леопольд Антонович

Леопо́льд Анто́нович Сулержи́цкий (польск. Sulerżycki; 15 [27] сентября 1872[2], Житомир — 17 [30] декабря 1916, Москва) — русский театральный режиссёр, художник, педагог и общественный деятель. Сподвижник К. С. Станиславского, учитель Е. Б. Вахтангова. Также известен как друг семьи Льва Толстого и участник переселения духоборов с Кавказа в Канаду.

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