Action cycle
what is intention?
what you are going to do with the impulse
light, indirect, quick
flick
"alienation" is used to prevent the audience from getting too emotionally attached to the characters, as he believed theatre was intended to evoke thought, not simply emotion.
Brecht
Active rest
hunker position, not relaxing
every action has a
beginning, heart, and end
what is impulse
action, movements, thoughts or speech that is a result of a stimulus
light, indirect, sustained
float
Ignore the audience but also do not ignore them. act for yourself but know that you are in fact acting for others.
Grotowski
sympathetic nervous system
a set of nerves that prepares the body for action in challenging or threatening situations
poor theatre
the Theatre that values the body of the actor and its relation with the spectator and does away with costumes, decor and music.
what is stimulus?
signals or sensations that stem from the outside and inside. the ignition of an action.
strong, direct, quick
punch
rejected the concept that the mind and the body acted separately and of their own accord.
Stanislavsky
parasympathetic nervous system
a set of nerves that helps the body return to a normal resting state
via negativa
Blocking out external stimuli to focus on internal stimuli
what is 360 awareness?
awareness from yourself and surroundings. awareness is built from the ground up
strong, indirect, sustained
wring
____ believes that performance is neither the actor nor the character, but the two that create an "anatomical theatre,” an integrated word for inside and out.
Barba
Alienation Effect
the result of techniques to keep the audience aware that what they are witnessing is only a play
epi phenomenon
reaction of an action
what is the complete order of the action cycle? (four points)
1) 360 awareness
2) stimulus
3) impulse
4) intention
light, direct, sustained
glide
_____ mentions that breath is the most important part of actor training, as it helps keep an actor in tune with their physical and mental state.
Alison Hodge
Public otrophism
the need for an audience rather than the need for performance
proprioceptive interiority
a feeling inside of yourself that is constant. 360 awareness in outside spaces. the feeling of constant internal awareness. how can i feel this over and over again for the first time?