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'''Psycho-physical Awareness''' is a popular [[acting]] technique used in many schools and universities in the [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Europe]]. |
'''Psycho-physical Awareness''' is a popular [[acting]] technique used in many schools and universities in the [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Europe]]. This technique works on the relationship between the mind and the body and at developing an [[actor]]’s conscious awareness. In other words, recognizing the resulting sensory and mental states in reaction to physical stimuli. The pioneer of this technique is [[Konstantin Stanislavski]] who sought to overcome the divisions between “mind from body, knowledge from feeling, analysis from action” through psychophysical training or the method of physical action, but it was [[Michael Chekhov]] who further developed an original and dependable method of what we now know to be psycho-physical awareness. |
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== History == |
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== Stanislavski to the Present == |
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Based on the ideas of Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov developed |
Based on the ideas of [[Konstantin Stanislavski]], [[Michael Chekhov]] developed the technique in order to achieve the highest creative potential by developing extreme [[Sensitivity (human)|sensitivity]] of the body to the psychological creative impulses. He felt this was imperative in becoming an ‘ideal’ actor. |
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''The actor in the future must not only find another attitude towards his physical body and voice, but to his whole existence on the stage in the sense that the actor, as an artist, must more than anyone else, enlarge his own being by the means of his profession. I mean the actor must enlarge himself in a very concrete way, even to having quite a different feeling in space. His kind of thinking must be a different kind, his feeling of body and voice, his attitude in the settings- all must be enlarged. '' |
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Chekhov developed a series of exercises influenced in part by [[Rudolf Steiner]], which explore a psychophysical approach to training and performing. “If the actor is engaged in the process of imagining through the body, then their sense of ‘self’ is forgotten, and the embodied [[imagination]] alters the |
Chekhov developed a series of exercises influenced in part by [[Rudolf Steiner]], which explore a psychophysical approach to training and performing. “If the actor is engaged in the process of imagining through the body, then their sense of ‘self’ is forgotten, and the embodied [[imagination]] alters the psycho physicality to be or become that of the character.” |
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Other pioneers and practitioners in this field |
Other notable pioneers and practitioners in this field include Phillip B. Zarrilli and [[Jerzy Grotowski]]. |
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Zarilli’s most recent book, |
Zarilli’s most recent book, Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski (2008) has been selected for the 2010 Outstanding Book award for the [[Association for Theatre in Higher Education]] (ATHE). Zarilli developed a system of training though [[yoga]] and [[Asian martial arts]] that heightens sensory awareness, dynamic energy, and in which body and mind become one. |
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Jerzy Grotowski is known for using yoga as well as |
Jerzy Grotowski is known for using yoga as well as plastiques (a series of strenuous postures, gesture and tumbles) and the use of the whole body as a vocal resonator. He later found that adding human interaction (working with partners) loosened creativity and challenged the body more psychologically. Solo yoga postures he found to be limiting and isolating. |
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An example of plastiques involves the [[vertebra]] extracted from Grotowski’s |
An example of plastiques involves the [[vertebra]] extracted from Grotowski’s Towards a Poor Theatre, clarifies the connection between emotional and physical states of the actor. The energy must first start physically within for it to find its way out through expression, thereby engaging the need for psycho-physical awareness. |
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The [[vertebral column]] is the center of expression. |
The [[vertebral column]] is the center of expression. The driving impulse, however stems from the [[loins]]. Every live impulse begins in this region, even if it is invisible from the outside. |
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Other |
Other physical acting training techniques relative to personal awareness, but not limited to, can be found in the exercises of [[Moshe Feldenkrais]], [[Kristin Linklater]], [[Cicely Berry]] and [[Frederick Matthias Alexander]]. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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*Kate Kalin (2007), Psychophysical Training and the Development of Conscious Awareness in the Actor, National University of Ireland, *Cork, Board of Drama & Theatre Studies, pp 6–7 |
*Kate Kalin (2007), Psychophysical Training and the Development of Conscious Awareness in the Actor, National University of Ireland, *Cork, Board of Drama & Theatre Studies, pp 6–7 |
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*Chekhov, Michael, To the Actor, Harper & Row Publishing, NY, NY. |
*Chekhov, Michael, To the Actor, Harper & Row Publishing, NY, NY. 1953 |
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*[http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/26989712/Michael-Chekhov-and-the-embodied-imagination-Higher-self-and-nonself] |
*[http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/26989712/Michael-Chekhov-and-the-embodied-imagination-Higher-self-and-nonself] |
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*[dziecitheatre.org/dzfiles/boss.pdf] |
*[dziecitheatre.org/dzfiles/boss.pdf] |
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Psycho-physical Awareness is a popular acting technique used in many schools and universities in the U.S. and Europe. This technique works on the relationship between the mind and the body and at developing an actor’s conscious awareness. In other words, recognizing the resulting sensory and mental states in reaction to physical stimuli. The pioneer of this technique is Konstantin Stanislavski who sought to overcome the divisions between “mind from body, knowledge from feeling, analysis from action” through psychophysical training or the method of physical action, but it was Michael Chekhov who further developed an original and dependable method of what we now know to be psycho-physical awareness.
History
[edit]Based on the ideas of Konstantin Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov developed the technique in order to achieve the highest creative potential by developing extreme sensitivity of the body to the psychological creative impulses. He felt this was imperative in becoming an ‘ideal’ actor.
Chekhov developed a series of exercises influenced in part by Rudolf Steiner, which explore a psychophysical approach to training and performing. “If the actor is engaged in the process of imagining through the body, then their sense of ‘self’ is forgotten, and the embodied imagination alters the psycho physicality to be or become that of the character.”
Other notable pioneers and practitioners in this field include Phillip B. Zarrilli and Jerzy Grotowski.
Zarilli’s most recent book, Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski (2008) has been selected for the 2010 Outstanding Book award for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). Zarilli developed a system of training though yoga and Asian martial arts that heightens sensory awareness, dynamic energy, and in which body and mind become one.
Jerzy Grotowski is known for using yoga as well as plastiques (a series of strenuous postures, gesture and tumbles) and the use of the whole body as a vocal resonator. He later found that adding human interaction (working with partners) loosened creativity and challenged the body more psychologically. Solo yoga postures he found to be limiting and isolating.
An example of plastiques involves the vertebra extracted from Grotowski’s Towards a Poor Theatre, clarifies the connection between emotional and physical states of the actor. The energy must first start physically within for it to find its way out through expression, thereby engaging the need for psycho-physical awareness.
The vertebral column is the center of expression. The driving impulse, however stems from the loins. Every live impulse begins in this region, even if it is invisible from the outside.
Other physical acting training techniques relative to personal awareness, but not limited to, can be found in the exercises of Moshe Feldenkrais, Kristin Linklater, Cicely Berry and Frederick Matthias Alexander.
References
[edit]- Kate Kalin (2007), Psychophysical Training and the Development of Conscious Awareness in the Actor, National University of Ireland, *Cork, Board of Drama & Theatre Studies, pp 6–7
- Chekhov, Michael, To the Actor, Harper & Row Publishing, NY, NY. 1953
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- [dziecitheatre.org/dzfiles/boss.pdf]