Practitioners & Techniques

 List of Practitioners

Stanislavski

Brecht

Commedia dell'arte

Greek theatre

Shakespeare

Punchdrunk

Physical theatre: Gecko, Frantic Assembly

Pina Bausch

Martha Graham

Akram Kahn

DV8

Bob Fosse

Matthew Bourne

Jerome Robins

Lin Manuel-Miranda

Techniques within Acting

-Still image = A vivid motionless scene or image.

-Slow motion = Sometimes scenes showing events

such as fights or races are shown in slow motion for greater visual effect.

- Mime = A storyline is acted out through movement

and gesture without the character speaking.

- Thought Tracking = A group makes a still image and

characters are invited to speak their thoughts or feelings out loud.

- Dramatic Pause = During the dialogue a short

silence is created- this can help build up the tension.

- Direct Address = An actor speaking directly to the

audience.

-Cross Cutting = Cross cutting is what you do after

you've created a series of scenes or sequences, and you reorder them to create a drama that goes forward

- Flashback = A transition to an earlier event or

scenes that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story.

- Monologue = A speech made by one actor in a play,

film, etc., especially when alone.

- Narrator = A person who tells a story or gives an

account of something.

- Multi-Roles = Actors commonly perform more than

one character in a drama or play.

- Symbols = Drama are produced to a great extent

through the use of symbols- or represents- standing in for real things.

- Choral Speaking = Actors saying the same thing at

the same time.