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a difficult spect who resists or blocks almost every offer
Contrarians are few and far between, but you’ll come across them once in a while. They seem to go against every offer from every character. This behavior usually appears when inter-actors are trying to force the spect to do, think, or feel something. The resistance of the contrarian is an effort to maintain control and autonomy.
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Interacting is a paradox. You need to assume control and you need to release it.
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Sitting comfortably on the floor, Player A holds Player B as one would hold a small child in their arms. Find the common breath and release into each other’s bodies. Player A gently rocks and strokes Player B, while singing an improvised gibberish lullaby. Finish in silence. Trade roles.
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One of the joys of being an actor is the process of creating a character. Here are some common elements that help to define who a character is.
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Life without relationships is like solitary confinement. We’re hard-wired to connect with each other, even when we play in fiction. We engage in make believe the same way we do in life—through relationships.
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Play a scene in which you respond to each offer that the spect makes by establishing credit or blame, being emotionally changed, or treating it as though there is an ulterior motive behind the offer.
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endowing a character as being responsible for something
Offers carry more weight when they connect to the characters in the scene. You raise the stakes of an offer by assuming that a character is responsible and deserves either the credit or the blame.
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In your training journal, write a list of all the unhelpful things that your inner critic says inside your head. On a different page, make a list of things that you’d rather hear from a coach. Tear out the critic’s list and burn it. Review the coach’s list whenever the critic shows up.
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