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What is Acting?
Oldest of...
Most visible... correct answers theatrical arts
theatre profession
first known actor correct answers Thespis
Actors present before correct answers playwrights, directors, etc...
Word ____________ derived from the ancient Greek actor's name correct answers thespian
Two Notions of Acting
Mimesis correct answers -External process
-Mere imitation
-"presents a role"
-Presentational and easy to reproduce
-Example: Delsarte's Science of Applied Aesthetics
External Technique: Mimetic Acting
Technical, "outside in" approach: correct answers Actor observes and studies human behavior.
Naturalistic
David Garrick: correct answers 18th century British actor
David Garrick approached acting as correct answers imitation of life
David Garrick prepared for role of King Lear by correct answers observing friend who had been
driven mad by child's death
David Garrick felt that actor should correct answers not feel the emotions being portrayed
External Technique: Mimetic Acting
Aims to... correct answers recreate authentic human behavior
, Two Notions of Acting
Embodiment correct answers Internal process
"Becoming" the character
Embodiment approach derived from teachings of correct answers Stanislavski's System
Strasberg's Method
Embodiment
Representational and nuanced correct answers Moments played on stage vary according to the
individual actor's choices
Pushkin's aphorism: correct answers "The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten
thousand truths."
The Hero ll. 64-65, quoted in Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov
Internal Technique: Stanislavski
Cofounder of the correct answers Moscow Art Theater in Russia (worked as an actor and
director)
Internal Technique: Stanislavski
Directed ... correct answers Anton Chekhov's most important plays
The Stanislavski System: a system of exercises and techniques for the performer which had the
following broad aims: correct answers 1) Relaxation
2) Through line of a role
3) Concentration and observation
4) Ensemble playing
5) Importance of specifics
6) Psychophysical action
7) Truth Onstage
8) Given Circumstances
9) Inner Truth
(the Magic If: "what would I do if I were the character in this situation?"
The Stanislavski System held that an actor's main responsibility was to be believable as well as
understood. Merely being recognized and heard was insufficient. A cofounder of the Moscow
Art Theater in Russia and the director of Anton Chekhov's most important plays, Stanislavski
What is Acting?
Oldest of...
Most visible... correct answers theatrical arts
theatre profession
first known actor correct answers Thespis
Actors present before correct answers playwrights, directors, etc...
Word ____________ derived from the ancient Greek actor's name correct answers thespian
Two Notions of Acting
Mimesis correct answers -External process
-Mere imitation
-"presents a role"
-Presentational and easy to reproduce
-Example: Delsarte's Science of Applied Aesthetics
External Technique: Mimetic Acting
Technical, "outside in" approach: correct answers Actor observes and studies human behavior.
Naturalistic
David Garrick: correct answers 18th century British actor
David Garrick approached acting as correct answers imitation of life
David Garrick prepared for role of King Lear by correct answers observing friend who had been
driven mad by child's death
David Garrick felt that actor should correct answers not feel the emotions being portrayed
External Technique: Mimetic Acting
Aims to... correct answers recreate authentic human behavior
, Two Notions of Acting
Embodiment correct answers Internal process
"Becoming" the character
Embodiment approach derived from teachings of correct answers Stanislavski's System
Strasberg's Method
Embodiment
Representational and nuanced correct answers Moments played on stage vary according to the
individual actor's choices
Pushkin's aphorism: correct answers "The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten
thousand truths."
The Hero ll. 64-65, quoted in Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov
Internal Technique: Stanislavski
Cofounder of the correct answers Moscow Art Theater in Russia (worked as an actor and
director)
Internal Technique: Stanislavski
Directed ... correct answers Anton Chekhov's most important plays
The Stanislavski System: a system of exercises and techniques for the performer which had the
following broad aims: correct answers 1) Relaxation
2) Through line of a role
3) Concentration and observation
4) Ensemble playing
5) Importance of specifics
6) Psychophysical action
7) Truth Onstage
8) Given Circumstances
9) Inner Truth
(the Magic If: "what would I do if I were the character in this situation?"
The Stanislavski System held that an actor's main responsibility was to be believable as well as
understood. Merely being recognized and heard was insufficient. A cofounder of the Moscow
Art Theater in Russia and the director of Anton Chekhov's most important plays, Stanislavski
