The areas of study in the Proof thesis contain research on the play, the playwright, and the acting style utilized in the performance and character analysis. The acting style in this process focuses on the actor’s creative work in preparation of portraying a female character. This character is a controlling woman that is unable to manipulate others. By using relaxation techniques involving the Alexander Technique, the actor was able to transition into the character with honest emotions and motives. Finding similarities to the character by using personal relationships gave the actor the ability to discover connections with the character in portrayal. These connections are used to motivate the actor’s process in creating an authentic character. The results are found through the actor’s reflections and performances. The findings show discipline and routine in the actor’s process to portray the character.

Orientador: Verônica Fabrini Machado de Almeida / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T10:04:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Delduque_CarolinaMartins_M.pdf: 1510371 bytes, checksum: f1f0585f4348612b2e5ba47359197825 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa se insere no campo das investigações sobre o trabalho do ator e tem como tema o trabalho de criação do ator, a partir dos pressupostos do Sistema de Stanislavski. O trabalho abriu-se em duas frentes: o campo teórico e da práxis cênica, que correram em paralelo, dinamizando uma à outra. Numa delas, foi feito um reconhecimento teórico do tema, no trabalho desenvolvido por pesquisadores, atores e/ou diretores que trabalharam com o mestre russo ou tiveram suas raízes declaradamente fincadas nesse Sistema. Nesse sentido, por um lado a investigação procurou oferecer dados históricos, com referências sobre Michael Chekhov (1891-1955) e Eugênio Kusnet (1898-1975), por meio dos quais foi traçado um percurso geográfico e cronológico, entre Brasil e Rússia, e entre os séculos XX e XXI. Por outro lado, buscando rastrear e refletir sobre aspectos fundamentais de seus ensinamentos na cena russa (berço dessa tradição), apresentamos ao leitor, a análise de conferências de três nomes do teatro russo oriundos dessa tradição - Anatoli Vasiliev, Tatiana Stepatchenko e Mikhail Chumachenko. Já no campo da prática cênica, foi utilizado o texto de Anton Tchekhov As Três Irmãs, como ponto de partida e referência para criação do ator. Num processo de experimentação, a partir do texto dramático de um dramaturgo contemporâneo a Stanislavski e seu "parceiro", buscamos, na criação de cenas teatrais, experimentar os procedimentos para o trabalho do ator derivados do Sistema para compreendê-los com o próprio corpo, e não só com o intelecto, e assim, redimensionar as discussões, questões e análises teóricas / Abstract: This research falls within the field of investigations on the actor's work and has as its theme the actor's creative work, from the assumptions of the Stanislavski's System. The work was opened on two fronts: the theoretical field and practical scenic, which ran in parallel, stimulating each other. In one of them an acknowledgment was made of the subject, about the work of researchers, actors and / or directors who worked with the Russian master or had their roots in this system. In this respect, on one side the research sought to provide historical data, with references about Michael Chekhov (1891-1955) and Eugene Kusnet (1898-1975), through whom a route was traced geographically and chronologically, between Brazil and Russia and between the XX and XXI centuries. On the other hand, trying to trace and to reflect on key aspects of their teaching in the Russian current theatre (birthplace of this tradition), we present the reader with analysis of three conferences with Russian's men of theater from this tradition - Anatoli Vasiliev, Tatiana Stepatchenko and Mikhail Chumachenko. In the area of the practice, we used the Chekhov's play, The Three Sisters as a starting point and reference for creating the actor. In a process of experimentation, from the dramatic text of a contemporary playwright to Stanislavski and his "partner", we seek, in the creation of theatrical scenes, test procedures for the actor's work derived from the system to understand them with his own body, not only with the intellect, and thus to resize the discussions, questions and theoretical analysis / Mestrado / Artes da Cena / Mestra em Artes da Cena

This thesis proposes that Alba Emoting™ is a safe, effective, and versatile technique of generating emotions for acting performance. Alba Emoting is safe because it resolves four major problems some actors experience while generating emotions for acting performance. These problems include, &ldqup;emotional hijacking,” “emotional hangover,” “emotional blockage,” and using emotional memories which are faded, incomplete, inconsistent, or full of mixed emotions. Alba Emoting solves these four problems through the help of certified trainers, the step-out procedure, and the emotional effector patterns, which allow actors consistent access to a large range of emotions. Alba Emoting is effective because it enables actors to control emotional inspiration through technique to create emotions that are felt by the actor and audience. It is versatile because it can be integrated with various rehearsal and emotional exploration techniques. This thesis demonstrates how Alba Emoting may be used with aspects of Stanislavski's System of Acting and Jeremy Whelan's Mosaic Acting System. It also demonstrates how Alba Emoting is used by Hyrum Conrad to create his ArcWork. The purpose of this thesis is to convince universities, conservatories, and other acting training programs to teach Alba Emoting as a technique for generating emotion in acting performance.