3:50 am. 2 litres of coke (beverage of course... before you pun me into a discussion). This is going to be a fun blog to write...
Why is it actors and actresses feel ashamed of their body when on stage? It is just yer body matey... its yer tool. Open up your toolbox and take out your hammer, screwdriver and body.
and some nails... you are going to need the nails.
Now lets say that acting in puberty is like hammering a screwdriver. Or screwdriving a horse. It may work, but you should not do it. Puberty is not prepared for Grotowski as the horse is not prepared for the screwdriver. The actors will make you end up like the horse... screwed.
(oh how I love to play with language)
At this stage people are hugely influenced by outer influences, specially, mostly, or maybe even only, what others think about them. They can't, and won't do many things that are capable of because they are being watched. What is this fear to exposure?
In stage you are not you. You are a body in movement. or so they say. but "They talk a lot" - Uma Thurman
body. movement. actions. purpose. transmit something to audience. In a nutshell. Why should an actor be afraid or ashamed of his/her body?
It is puberty. this stage where everyone is like "no, i don't wanna. they are gonna laugh at me. They are gonna call me gay. They are going to hit my weewee" Grow up. That is one of the hardest things to work with in a school play. 12 - 17 year old people... HELL YEAH. There is no will to explore further from what is not laughable.
Apply some grotowski to the outer shell of the cannonball. shoot at target.
*WARNING: If in puberty, this may have no effects.
No energy. No explore. No ideas. No actions. No fap Artaud.
How can we teach puberty to forget about the outer influences? How can we take away the observer. Make puberty see no eyes judging it. This would speed the process of exploration and creating a school play much faster. exponential growth please. But what does puberty wants when it stays to rehearsals? Intriguing to think it is fun, or to be seen by the audience.
Ironic isn't it? They want to be seen, but they don't like it to be seen doing "funny" things. Oh puberty, you so silly. Confessing I do find some empathy within myself to understand this. Is autoesteem the solution to the mixture? will it dissolve? Or will these bits stay in the liquid which will only obstacle us.
I just wonder. I just wonder.
I just dare to think this is impossible. The other path leads the way.
How can we take away the embarrassment and leave the tool on stage? Kill puberty and hammer the nails. (I told you we were going to need them)
How can we make puberty turn its eyes inside out and brainwash outer influences? Make an efficient actor out of puberty. At least for a while, big enough time balloon to stay on the air until the 4th of July. Then it can explode with the rest of the fireworks. But where can we find this air to fill the balloon that is going to make it levitate enough time?
Sorry about the strange language... I'm exploring that myself :P
and I have watched too much Stephen Fry
DFTBA
Precisely because of adolescents' fear of exposure is that physical/theatrical exercises are important at that age.
ResponderEliminarPuberty or not puberty, if the actor knows precisely what actions to do and the purpose of his actions, and works hard enough to do them, then he will forget about outer influences and stuff, because he will be focused on his work, not thinking about extras.
4th of July? Gringo serás... The entry was quite appealing until this unfortunate nonsense.
Roberto