Matter Over Mind: How Actors Learn to Embody Ideas (and Animate Bodies)
All stage performers must strike a balance between ‘head’ work and physical theatre, but the main trick may be not to see them as separate.
Category Archives: Approaches to Theatre Training꞉ The Mind/Body Divide
Acting for the theatre focuses the mind and challenges the body, so any complete training program worth its salt must address both. But what’s the right balance—and should the two areas really be segregated so distinctly in the first place? This special issue looks at this dilemma from a variety of angles.
An Actor Prepares: 6 Performers Detail Their Processes
Carrie Coon, Crystal Dickinson, Maria Dizzia, Daniel Duque-Estrada, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Jon Norman Schneider talk training, acting process, and the mind/body connection.
A Playwright’s Journey Through a Year of Physical Theatre Training at Dell’Arte
The writer shares her experience of spending 10 months in Blue Lake, Calif., at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
Running Away To Join Circus Theatre
How circus arts companies are training artists to become both actors and acrobats.
A Roundup of Physical Theatre Training Programs in the U.S.
Theatre companies and training programs are incorporating physical acting training to strengthen ensembles and improve performance.
