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The Process of Becoming a Professional Actor
The Process of Becoming a Professional Actor

Author(s): Emilia Zimnica-Kuzioła
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: theater actor; motives for choosing a profession; significant others; theater education

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the process of becoming a professional actor; the author investigates the motivations of young people who decide to study acting. She is particularly interested in the impact of their significant others at various stages of the career path. The text is also an attempt to look at the stereotypes related to education in public theater schools. The empirical basis of the work involves free interviews conducted by the author with actors from Polish public drama theaters (in the period of 2015–2017) as well as journalistic interviews with theater artists published in books and popular monthly magazines in the period of 2011–2016.

  • Issue Year: 17/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 76-95
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English
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