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Perspectiva OODA Loop în registru artistic
OODA Loop in Arts

The Military Strategy of the Decisional Cycle Applied to the Actor’s Art

Author(s): Mara Opriș
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Universitatea de Teatru si Film »I.L. Caragiale« (UNATC)
Keywords: OODA Loop; decision cycle diagram (Observation; Orientation; Decission; Action); The Boyd cycle; actor; acting; performance; Romania; self-analysis; Synthetic Body; artist;

Summary/Abstract: OODA Loop is a daily phenomenon, developingin cerebral and physical activity: Observation, Orientation,Decision, Action. It is a concept created by John. R. Boyd,in the late 50’s, representing the diagram of a decisionalcycle. Originally applied in military strategies and combat,OODA Loop became, in time, a tool for understanding andpracticing commercial needs and policies, for the developmentof public financial, business and media domain, and alsothe Education field. The author of this article frames OODALoop versus acting. The study consists in revealing theapplication of the decisional Boyd cycle upon the relationbetween the performer and her audience. „The VirginM. Project” is the performance she has sustained, alongwith director A. Hausvater. The artist of the 21st centuryshould focus on self-knowledge, creative, inspirative dramatic inner tension, characterising the supreme act of creation in Arts. Thus, a reconfiguration of the artist and his work of art might be possible. There are ways of reaching such an upgraded artistic and spiritual state of acting. Associated with performance, approched as empowerment of the creative resources in order to achieve the best results during acting, one may appeal to and experience the OODA Loop military strategy, to enforce his artistic and creative surviving skills.

  • Issue Year: 20/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 125-134
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian