The OFF-Book project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved.
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Title of the Conference
Theatre as Experiential Learning Tool
Date of the conference:
23 November 2018
Place of the conference:
Grosseto, Italy
Description of the conference:
The day was conducted by Alessandro Sanmartin, actor, director and senior trainer from “Teatro Stabile di Grosseto”.
Techniques to be used to reach the individual's openness towards the group and the group towards the individual. The individual components solicited during the event were:
- Cognitive: this represents our thoughts, beliefs and ideas about something.
- Affective: this component deals with feelings or emotions that are brought to the surface about something, such as fear or hate.
- Conative: this can also be called the behavioural component and centres on individuals acting a certain way towards something.
The techniques used by the trainer during OFF-book Theatre Lab and during the event can be summarized as follows:
- Techniques related to physical movement: observation and concentration, tensions and stasis, posture, gait, a perception of one's body and body in the scenic space, work on individual rhythm and common rhythm, relationship with partners, action and reaction, intention and motivation of actions...
- Vocal techniques: sound emission linked to the body resonance boxes, breathing techniques and diaphragmatic breathing, articulation, elements of acting, pronunciation and diction.
- Techniques related to listening: body's and voice's creation in harmony with others without direction, development of internal listening skills, scenic presence, improvisation techniques
- Techniques related to actor training: improvisation, acting and choice of styles, interpretation techniques.
- Techniques relevant to the work on texts: re-reading and rewriting, processing. Write an own text, writing in a team, writing on stage.
Alessandro Sanmartin let teachers move to the expressive phase, where people free themselves of any discomfort and translate it into scenic form, up to the final performance.
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