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September 30, 2005
Plasticity of Motion
While old fashioned, the reading provided for an in depth re-evaluation on the way in which i move. I do realize, that Stanislavski intends his assertions for the stage - but one can hardly help feeling some degree of insecurity - to almost empathize with the test subjects. One often takes the corporal body of flesh for granted, and is slave to the fashions of the current high culture. To think with any practicality is difficult. The concept of two ways to walk is almost novel. Of course we think of actors as abstractions - embellishing and modifying what is commonly accepted as reality...
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Posted by alb426 at September 30, 2005 09:00 AM