Rencountering Oneself. Reshaping the Body‐Mind Unity in the Acting Classroom

Authors

  • Raluca Lupan Faculty of Theatre and Film, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

Keywords:

body-mind, space, time, distance, image-schema, viewpoints, theatrical space-time concept, readiness, presence, attention

Abstract

The following article treats the subject of first year pedagogy in the acting classroom: body-mind concept, the use of space-time in a theatrical approach, the understanding of the performer-student’s own body. In the borders of the classroom a profound research on the body and its performative actions is required alongside a personal tackle in the physical patterns of the performer-student and the constructive use of the creative process. The article is a short graphical inside of how an acting technique like Viewpoints can provide a large range of possibilities from which a student can begin to understand the relationship between one own’s body and space-time cuantum, body-mind-presence.

Author Biography

Raluca Lupan, Faculty of Theatre and Film, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

RALUCA LUPAN graduated from the Babeș‐Bolyai University’s Faculty of Theatre and Film with a BA in Acting. Between 2012 and 2017 she worked as an actress in independent theatres. She has a PhD in Theatre, with a thesis on the distance between actor and character. Currently she works as a teaching assistant at the Babeș‐Bolyai University and participated in the European project Playing Identities, Performing Heritage 2014‐2016, coordinating Collective Experimental Artistic workshops. Her interests include theatre‐dance, performance and contact improvisation.

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Published

2021-02-02

How to Cite

Lupan, R. (2021). Rencountering Oneself. Reshaping the Body‐Mind Unity in the Acting Classroom. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai - Dramatica, 64(1), 165–176. Retrieved from https://dramatica.ro/index.php/j/article/view/86