PRINCIPII-SURSĂ PENTRU ÎNVĂŢĂMÂNTUL PREUNIVERSITAR TEATRAL
SOURCE PRINCIPLES FOR THEATRE2 PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Summary/Abstract: Theatre pre-university education must be guided by the concepts, means and methods used according to the authentic method of the Actor's Art, centered on the principle established by professor Ion Cojar – The Actor's Art is a way of thought, only then after it becomes a way of doing. The theatre pedagogue must be freed from preconceptions, prejudices, fixed ideas, „aesthetic” concepts. He is not a director, he works with a raw material of extraordinary freshness - the mind, the soul and the body of the children-actors in a continuous development-transformation. Basically, the theatre pedagogue has to relate, alive, constantly, here and now, to the living subjects in front of him and to the work material they offer. He has at hand the principles of the Actor's Art stated by the great theorists and practitioners of the theatrical art. The principle of authenticity should be compulsory from the simplest approach of the pupil and the working material to the most complex one – the theatre performance. The student must always remain himself, without asking false questions such as: How is the character? Or how does the character feel? The pupil must be taught from the first theatre workshop that the „character” does not exist, but is just a literary construction, and that we will see together „not how” but „who” he is and „what” he does. Theatre techniques must use authentic methods and aim for authentic results. Situation and the genuine relationship with the partner are the other two landmark methods for any game, improvisation exercise or theatre exercise that is attempted during the Actor's Art workshop. The article ends with a list of the skills practiced and developed with the help of theatre techniques.

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