Aspects on Improving Body Expression in Acting Students

AbstractThe improvement of body expressiveness in students majoring in acting is closely connected to the means used. This fact contributes to the acknowledgement of their own body and of its possibilities of expression in various scenic situations. In this paper, we argue the necessity of introducing certain exercises, specific to physical training, and their efficiency in educating the bodily plasticity of the students. The paper aims at presenting the conceiving and applicability of a system of means and their use in the bodily expressiveness classes. The intention of the program is to propose a diverse palette of exercise structures specific to physical education, by taking into account a series of objectives: the development and improvement of motor qualities such as joint mobility and muscle elasticity, skill, speed of execution, specific resistance, coordination and well-balanced physical development. The aforementioned propositions have led to the following conclusions: the valorisation of the knowledge and methodology of sports training contributes to the bodily education of these students; the general specific physical training contributes to achieving the purpose of theatrical teaching process; by means of exercise, bodily expressiveness can be improved; a better motor capacity leads to approaching various forms of scenic expression