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Philosophy/Importance of
Silence/Philosophy of Neutral
Mask.
Today's Lecture
Go through some of the philosophy behind
LeCoq's approach.
p.30
First exercises
The first group of exercises which we
covered brought together the two basic
concepts of replay and silence.
Go on!
Childhood Bedroom
'The theme is not the bedroom of my
childhood, but a childhood bedroom,
which you play at rediscovering. The
dynamics of memory are more important
than the memory itself.'
'You are in an image of the present and
suddenly an image of the past appears.'
(p.31)
Psychological Encounter
'Waiting is the theme which informs the first
silent improvisations. The chief motivating
force lies in the look: to watch and be
watched. Much of life is spent waiting...'
'Waiting is never abstract' p.31
I think it is very smart to focus on waiting in
this early stage of actor training. How does it
help with the stripping back of layers and
starting at the beginning?
Tempo/Rhythm
'Tempo is geometrical, rhythm is organic'
'Rhythm is the result of an actor's response to
another live performer. It may be found in waiting
but also in action.'
For Lecoq this isn't just to do with action but also
how performers treat a space...
'Every group will tend to arrange itself according to
a geometrical pattern ... each character must be
both part of the group and separate, must find his
own rhythmic beat and his specific space.' [all p.33]
Don't forget Keith!
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrzNKu_VU2
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