Abstract: The author examines four main things taught by Confucius: virtue, speech, political questions, and literature in the context of their use in teaching scenic art. The author claims that speech is extremely importance, as it is not only a criterion for assessing virtue, but also necessary means for participating in political affairs and mastering literature. The article describes asset of guidelines for speech practice, their application in teaching acting techniques, and significance for practicing “dialogue” in scenic speech class. Attention is focused on teaching improvisation dialogue to the actors. Such practical course is intended for logical organization of speech skills of the students. A conclusion is made that Confucius' understanding of speech practices allows teaching improvisation dialogue to the future actors. At the initial stage of teaching improvisation dialogue, it is important to instill  the sense of self-consciousness into students, dispose towards self-education, teach to be in a stable work condition, and only then organize speech based on the suggested circumstances. During this practical course, it is necessary to follow true emotions, mutual trust, sincerity of communication and, and how the student overcomes difficulties if logically structures the line of dialogue. The next step is to teach the future actor a rational attitude towards a situation.

Abstract: The subject of this research is the actor and the sense of speech “freedom” on stage and on the screen – the culture of speechification on stage and on the screen. The article raised a number of interesting questions – theatrical character, development of acting abilities depending on the type of cinematography. The author’s observations regarding speech differences in speech in movies and on stage and remarkable. Giving close attention to the use of speech elements in cinematography, the author claims that speech “impulsivities” must merge with the fixed frame. The questions of using silence in cinematography and theatre, as well as differences in its application in other spheres of art are reviewed. The conclusion is made that unlike stage actors, the diversity of voice, elocution, pace and rhythm skills of live action actors manifests functions by different laws of internal process. It is stated that speech score of stage actors is a conditionally fixed phenomenon, since stage performance is a living organism, while in cinematography, speech is more static, namely because of the do-overs and adaptation to the result desired by film director. It is underline that speech of the stage actor is strongly subordinated to rhythmic score set by text of the author, stage director, and even scenic and biological rhythms of the partner. Unlike cinematography, onstage speech is not a constant.