Voice Cartographies in Contemporary Theatrical Performance: an Economy of Actors Vocality on Buenos Aires Stages in the 1990s.

AUTOR(ES)

Silvia Adriana Davini

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2000

RESUMO

The object of study in the present work is the actors vocality in contemporary performance. The object is approached through three main conceptual categories, which are strongly interrelated: voice production, reproduction and representation. The technologies of communication have a key role in relation to voice reproduction today, determining its production and representation. The purpose of voice training for actors is to optimise voice and text delivery on stage. Considering that it shapes the actors body to a particular kind or style of vocal performance, the role of voice work as a mean of reproduction is emphasised in the context of this study. Methodologically, the actors vocality is considered in relation to theatrical production and training. Specific methodological tools were designed for this research. The case study was undertaken in Buenos Aires, between January 1998 and June 1999. There the theatrical circuit and the main professional roles in theatre practice are considered. In order to detect the main tendencies in voice training in Buenos Aires in the 1990s, forty seven theatre professionals and teachers were interviewed and specific research was undertaken in two leading theatre schools. The dynamics of production in theatrical performance are outlined from a social point of view, which leads to the consideration of a number of specific works, highly productive in relation to the actors voice and speech in performance. It was necessary to design new conceptual and methodological tools in order to approach the actors vocality as an object of systematic research. From the conceptual point of view, a new research field has been outlined. The method of diagnosis of the field in a particular socio-historical condition, may be used an effective tool to design future projects in theatre research, production and training.

ASSUNTO(S)

voice work actors vocality voice reproduction interpretação teatral voice training voice representation artes teatro voice production

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