Modalidades actorales o siete maneras de estar presente

Abstract

In the contemporary theatrical duty things are modified and changed. Theoretical categories that one would think intangible are transformed or even come to disappear. Inside out, specificities apparently antiquated, resurface and develop again. In this context, this is to say, in the contemporary stages, what does the acting duty imply? How does the actor bring about on himself in order to be efficiently operative with the audience? Perhaps the most practical way to answer the questions consists in sketching a list of the different strategies and actor has for being present today in theater. Let’s call them acting modalities. It is possible –to start with- to distinguish between seven modalities: the choreographic or choreographed body, the quotidian body, the ludic body, the discordant body, the dissonant body, the singular body and the over-codified body. The word “body” is used to insist about the outward appearance of the event without forgetting the following truism: The work of the actor is corporal.

Keywords:

Modalidades actorales

trabajo actoral

teatro contemporáneo

presencia

teatro del presentar

cuerpo coreográfico

cuerpo cotidiano

cuerpo lúdico

cuerpo disonante

cuerpo aminorado

cuerpo singular

cuerpo sobrecodificado

Acting modalities

acting duty

contemporary theater

presence

theater of presenting

choreographic body

quotidian body

ludic body

discordant body

dissonant body

singular body

over-qualified body

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