ROLE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND VISUALIZATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF ACTORS’ BODY ARTICULATION
ROLE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND VISUALIZATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF ACTORS’ BODY ARTICULATION

Summary/Abstract: One of the main tasks of the actor is to be a great communicator with the audience, clearly expressing themself. To be one, they have to train every day exercising their imagination, voice and body. The actor has to have an articulated body. This term refers to a body that is ready to react in different circumstances on stage, to have awareness, plasticity, responsiveness, presence, readiness for action, flexibility, good body posture and clearness in transferring the idea. At the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje, the acting students train their body articulation by learning stage movements and dances as part of their education towards their degree of BA in Acting. Data analytics and data visualization in general are used for discovery and interpretation of meaningful data patterns for an effective data modeling and decision-making. In order to examine the development of the actor’s body articulation, the exercises were divided in three disciplines: ballet exercises, stage movements and dances. The development in the articulation of the actor’s body was measured with the help of a computer software, statistics and videos from the exams in Stage movements and dances from the archives of the Faculty. The research was conducted with subjects from two different groups: a group of experienced actors graduated at the FDA and employed at the theatres in Macedonia, and a group of students being part of the ongoing training at the FDA. Unique techniques were used to get the resultswhich, visually presented, gave a clear picture of the development of the actor’s body articulation.

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