DRAM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Henrik Ibsen, Konstantin Stanislavski
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Acting is the heart of the theatre. Without at least one acto; theatre cannot exist. According to aristotle, at its most basic level, it"s imitation, but it is also. Before there were playwrights, directors, or designers, there were actors. transformation, because actors undergo some sort of change from their everyday selves to become a character. The first known western actor: thespis, from whom we get the work thespian , meaning actor. Illustrate a character from the outside in . They may carefully study the outward manifestations of human behavior and then work, in a disciplined way, to reproduce them. Presentational actors often learn by imitating other actors or teachers whom they consider role models. Attempt to live real emotions, to truly feel them, and to even be the character. They work from the inside out , searching for emotional experiences from their own lives to translate into the lives of their characters.
