Por uma teoria da atuação

Abstract

On a theory of acting intends to consider some aspects of the acting practice in western theatre, proposing its organization on a “theory of the actor and the actress”, which draws a field of study differentiated from the general theatre theory. Still with no clear contours, this territory could be defined as being related to the practice of the actor and the actress, its procedures and knowledges, throwing lights towards a history of the actor and the actress. The building of this field implies in the examination of the actors poetics, from bibliographical and field research, and demands the constitution of appropriate criterion for critical appraisal, differently from the standards produced by the focus on the play-writing and staging, despite of the frequent exchanges with them. This analysis spread to the suggestion of some working methods, in particular concerning the creation of an experimental laboratory focused on the creative processes, where practice and theoretical reflexion should dialogue; opening ways for the investigation of acting pedagogy, the actor’s training and the performer’s participation in the theatrical performance.