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What We Will Witness (New Forms of Acting)
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- Title: What We Will Witness (New Forms of Acting)
- Author(s): Paul Bernstein
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Arts in Society
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review
- Keywords: Actors Training, Theatre, Improvisational Choice-Making, Compositional Structures
- Volume: 2
- Issue: 2
- Date: November 15, 2007
- ISSN: 1833-1866 (Print)
- ISSN: 2473-5809 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v02i02/35374
- Citation: Bernstein, Paul. 2007. "What We Will Witness (New Forms of Acting)." The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review 2 (2): 163-168. doi:10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v02i02/35374.
- Extent: 6 pages
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Abstract
Of course there is still experimental theatre in the United States: it happens at universities and conservatories as it does in theaters (though most frequently in small venues in major cities). However, this paper examines why, as a general trend, the art form of acting never developed a strong experimental tradition in the U.S. The future of cutting-edge theatre may be dependent on breaking the tendency to see the actor as interpretor rather than creator.
