Introduction
Performance is a difficult thing to define in specific terms; depending on the production, the demands or capabilities of the actor, and the nature of the piece, different actors and actresses use different elements to perform in various ways. Performing is, in essence, to do or show, to be and to know what you are being – in the context of performing arts such as acting, to ‘perform’ is to embody a character that is decidedly unlike the actor themselves, and to adopt their words and mannerisms according to the script and the demands of the performance itself.
Physicality is
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