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What is Acting? |
portraying someone or something else in order to tell a story. |
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Is becoming your character necessary? |
No. There is not a need for the actor to live the life of the character or become the character. |
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What is Performance? |
m anything we do in order to convey any meaning. |
when you go to work, you have one role to play. That role likely even has a "costume" associated with it. If you wear a uniform, bingo! Most of us, can't/don't dress the same way for work as we do for our lives outside of work--so, a costume. |
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Ancient Greece Acting |
First actor = Thespis Thespian = actor act in a declamatory style actors not concerned w/ believability in their characters men only, women cannot act acting = respectable chitons (tunics), himations (cloaks), wigs, cothorni (thick-soled shoes) used to appear bigger
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European Medieval Period |
Acting declines after Roman Empire falls & Christianity rises Church services delivered in Latin, could not be understood “Quem-Quaeritis” or “Whom do you Seek?” was a playlet or trope presented during Eastern service — brought back acting |
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Audition Type: Cold Reading |
No time to prepare let director hear actors voice |
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Audition: Prescribed/ Prepared Monologue |
Actors have a prepared monologue that highlights their acting strengths Directors may want more |
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Callbacks |
Director reaches out to decided actor(s) after auditions |
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Renaissance |
- women not allowed on stage but usually ran acting troupes - similar to elizabethan period - bad treatment towards actors - actors socially unacceptable |
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Elizabethan |
- only male actors appear on stage - female characters played by males - actors = professional, but acting = not professional occupation |
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Contemporary Period |
- first half of 20th century until now - actors care for believability - pro-theatre actors not household names - actors are usually film and tv actors |
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Henrick Ibsen |
Realism |
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August Strindberg |
Naturalism, life-like Doesn’t resolve problems Miss Julie |
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Konstantin Stanislavski |
Modern Acting |
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Blocking |
where you physically move during the scene. |
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Business |
What you do while moving, blocking |
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George II |
First actor Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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Anton Chekhov |
Domestic realism The Seagull The Cherry Orchard |
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