Rigor and Instinct in the Actor’s Work
Rigor and Instinct in the Actor’s Work

Summary/Abstract: This is a personal reflection on the necessities and difficulties an actor might encounter in his/her work, especially concerning the detachment from one’s own personality in the search for a truthful character, for a plausible, created psychology, other than one’s own. It also touches some well-known methods proposed by celebrated theatre people and is, more than anything, an attempt to open a possible discussion. It had as a background the intention to dissolve a few prejudices or some too radical positions and to throw a new light on ideas and separations which have gotten a bit old and don’t seem to be functional any longer. The relationship between rigor and instinct is seen from a personal point of view that was formed through practical confrontation with the creation of character. It is based on years of experience as an actress, playing in different languages and working with different methods, but it has also been written from the perspective of a passionate theatre spectator and of a reader of books of and on the theatre.

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