Motions, una práctica grotowskiana que altera el equilibrio del actor

Abstract

It could be said that, in the context of actors education at the national level, the “Motions”, exercises practice is very well known even for those dedicated to corporal training and who have had as a referent the famous “training” created by Jerzy Grotowski and his theater Laboratory in the 1960s.

In order to bring the reader closer to this interesting practice, the article will begin with a descriptive review which includes general aspects about the creative stages in Grotowsky’s work, one of the most influential teachers in the XX century. The central body of the article will go deeper into the “Motions” concept, its structure and some reflections about this practice and the presence of the equilibrium and position principles in each one of the postures of these exercises. Finally, a photographic analysis of a sequence of “Motions” carried out in collaboration with the Catalonian Actor Pera Sais, who has devoted his career to research of the Polish teacher, is included.

Keywords:

Investigación

entrenamiento

movimiento

Motions

resistencias

técnica

Research

training

movement

Motions

resistance

technique

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