THTR 210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: An Actor Prepares, Inside Out Music, Pelvis
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Available: prepared to react, adaptable, relaxed, controlled, willing. Blocking: shutting down your partner"s idea to replace with your own (bad) Interaction built on understanding, communication, and respect. Depend on the first two to express the last two. Stanislovsky sought an acting style grounded in truth (greater than what was already there) and respecting the needs of the play (happened during realism movement) and the needs of the character (motivation) Need action (attempt for objective) objective. Public solitude: awareness is focused on the character"s objective even though people are watching. Dual consciousness: be the character, but mind the audience so that you present to the audience. You cannot act an emotion; you will indicate it. Every time you do something onstage, it is the first time. Raise the stakes: commit entirely to the objective to create urgency. Focused on calm and truth in acting. Laid the foundation of the modern acting technique.
