He developed a rehearsal technique that he called " active analysis " in which actors would improvise these conflictual dynamics.
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Stekel " was also an innovator in technique . . . devis [ ing ] a form of short-term therapy called active analysis which has much in common with some modern form of counselling and therapy ".
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In contrast to his earlier method of working on a play which involved extensive readings and analysis around a table before any attempt to physicalise its action Stanislavski now encouraged his actors to explore the action through its " active analysis ".
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Minimising at-the-table discussions, he now encouraged an " active analysis ", in which the sequence of dramatic situations are improvised . " The best analysis of a play ", Stanislavski argued, " is to take action in the given circumstances ."