Legierski, Tomas. The actor in his own body. Prague: Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Faculty of Theatre, 2013. 74 pp.
In this work, Tomas Legierski is attempting to show that acting is an autonomous and creative artistic work that does not consist of the mere reproduction of directorial ideas. The main starting point, according to this author, begins with an actor's body, his physicality/corporeality. Each role or character that the actor tries to grasp, with the help of the director, is primarily based on the actor's "being" on stage, which implies a certain behavior. Whether the actor is static or in motion on the stage he is still acting. Legierski seeks to examine the resources and ways of action that comprise the total expression of an actor´s performance. At the inception of theatrical action is conceived a gesture that represents communication with itself, colleagues on stage and the audience. Gesture and movements are perceived by this author to be intertwined.
The core of this thesis is presented in three main chapters. In a chapter 1, Gesture in Actors, Legierski examines gesture as a movement and shape, its clarity and manner of its exercise. Chapter 2, Performing Being, describes the actor as a "total man", and examines the energy, dynamism and rhythm of the gesture which composes the essence of the actor´s existence on a stage. In chapter 3, Actor in a Composition, the author describes actors in specific theatrical situations where they make use of negotiation, revision and editing to create the composition stage. In these three chapters, the author identifies his inspiration for his graduate discipline of Pantomime while also describing how this technique and its protagonists have influenced his examination of the topic of a gesture.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:172894 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Legierski, Tomáš |
| Contributors | RIEDLBAUCHOVÁ, Veronika, ETLÍK, Jaroslav |
| Publisher | Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Divadelní fakulta. Knihovna |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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