De la actuación a la dirección de un monólogo surrealista en una actriz amateur

Abstract

This research accounts for the process of creating a theatrical laboratory, which allowed the creation of the play: The Daughters of Eva by Santiago Serrano, adapted to a monologue that was played by a 56-year-old amateur actress and directed by a student from performing arts with an emphasis on acting. The intention was to discover, from the direction, a methodology that would translate the acting technique acquired during the race, into a language that could be understood physically and verbally by the interpreter in each of the scenes. During the workshops scores of physical actions were made, using pictorial and visual surrealism, as a reference for the composition of body shapes and for the introduction to basic principles of Meyerhold biomechanics and the Suzuki method, this allowed the amateur actress to understand the scene from an extra-everyday life. Later, a training focused on the voice was made, so that an awareness of the resonators, the vibration, the accent and the vocal support was acquired. When the exploration had already allowed the interpreter to acquire tools that connected the body and the voice, each of the paintings began to be structured, at this point the work of intentions in the text was fundamental and how this was complemented by actions. At the time of having a macho of what would be the assembly from the performance, the aesthetic theme of the objects, the scenography, the costumes, the music and the lighting were introduced. For the transmission of knowledge, the pedagogy of the oppressed by Paulo Freire and the methodology carried out by Augusto Boal in the theater of the oppressed were taken as a reference.