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THE NEUTRALITY or the silence before the action
THE NEUTRALITY or the silence before the action

Author(s): Camelia Curuţiu-Zoicaş
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: imaginary;image; evocation; body; voice; sign; theatrical language; communication; identity; paradox; duality; neutrality; neutral mask; expressiveness;

Summary/Abstract: The actor's imagination is formed and translated into images. The actor shows and embodies the dramatic character on stage with his body, voice and gestures. The actor's body goes through a semiotic transformation during the show, it becomes the main vehicle of expression, the main channel of transmiting information, an extremely important function in theatrical artistic creation. The actor's voice is in accordance to his body and psyche, and through its expressive qualities it becomes an essential component of theatrical language and stage communication. Our every day body is also a permanent transmitter of coded messages, voluntary or involuntary, of packets of information about the subject's previous experiences, memories, sensations, perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, conceptions, relationships, social constraints etc. The human voice also becomes a sign for the social relationships, for the personal identity, the mood or the motivation of the speaker. Due to the state of neutrality, the actor will discover how an image, real or fictional, can transform his psychophysics, he will discover the psychophysical existence of each character with its external and internal world. The actor must put aside his self-image, learn to allow the presence of the mask / role take control of him, to breathe, to speak and to live with his own voice, face, body and mind. When the face is covered and there is silence, the actor has to communicate through his body and movements, when the movement is simple and economical, the mask /the role begins to live.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 60-71
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English