Stage Acting Today

 

I.    THE ACTING EXPERIENCE

        A.    Audition

        B.    Rehearsal

        C.    Technical Rehearsal

        D.    Previews

        E.    Opening

II.    THE CHALLENGES OF ACTING TODAY

        A.    The Development of Realistic Acting

                1.    The Stanislavski System: A Technique  for Realistic Acting

                        a.    Relaxation

                                i.    Physical

                                ii.    Vocal

                        b.    Concentration and observation

                                i.    Circle of Attention

                        c.    Importance of specifics

                                i.    Don't act "in general"

                                ii.    Example of Lady Macbeth

                                iii.    Given Circumstances

                                        I.    Atmosphere

                                        II.    Past Happenings

                                        III.    Immediate Future

                        d.    Inner truth

                                i.    Subjective World of Characters

                                ii.    Example of Chekov's plays

                                iii.    Magic "If"

                        e.    Action onstage: What? Why? How?

                                i.    Every action must have a purpose

                                ii.    Performer must focus on series of physical actions

                                        I.    Psychophysical actions

                                                a.    What?

                                                b.    Why?

                                                c.    How?

                        f.    Through lines of a role

                                i.    Superobjective

                                       I.    Achieved through "throughline" or "spine"

                        g.    Ensemble playing

                2.    Stanislavski and Psychophysical Action

                3.    Later Interpretations of Stanislavski's Approach

        B.    Performers' Training Today

                1.    Body and Voice Training

                2.    Training Techniques from Other Disciplines

                3.    Training for Special Forms of Theater

        C.    Synthesis and Integration

III.    JUDGING PERFORMANCES

 

IDENTIFY OR DEFINE

1.    Audition

2.    Overacting

3.    Realism

4.    Constantin Stanislavski

5.    Relaxation

6.    Concentration

7.    "Circle of attention"

8.    Given circumstances

9.    Inner truth

10.    "Magic if"

11.    Psychophysical actions

12.    Superobjective

13.    Emotional recall

14.    "Through line" or "spine"

15.    Beats

16.    Ensemble playing

17.    Projecting

18.    Centering

19.    Integration

20.    Tai Chi

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