Read quote“Sou um instrumento da minha arte, sou meu próprio violino.”
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About Theater
Drama, performance, spectatorship, embodiment, and the social power of live presentation.
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Words on Theater
Read quote“I think it requires being conscious of timing and conscious of your straight man.”
Read quote“أنا آمالي كلها كانت بأني أكون ممثل كويس قرب الجمهور، وهذا وصلت إليه والحمد لله، ومحبش في الدنيا غير كده”
Read quote“حصلت على أول دور مسرحي لي من الأستاذ إبراهيم السعداوي.”
Read quote“I remember this production in particular as being one of the highlights of my young life.”
Read quote“I had to know thirty six operas by heart.”
Read quote“If you think music hall ‘art’ is easy, just you read some of the songs and decide for yourselves whether they do not require an extraordinary amount of inventive elaboration … to make them effective.”
Read quote“Mime is a universal art. It speaks in a speechless tongue that is immediately comprehensible to everyone.”
Read quote“A mãe da arte de todos os números feitos em circo é o salto.”
Read quote“Acting is a neurotic business.”
Read quote“El teatro es el encuentro entre dos pilas magnéticas, escenario y público.”
Read quote“« Le théâtre n’est pas seulement une discipline artistique dans une tour d’ivoire. Bien au contraire, c’est un contact direct avec le spectateur. »”
Read quote“Je suis son interprète. C’est une vocation.”
Read quote“Komediju je jako teško odigrati, ja sam posle svakog čina menjao košulju.”
Read quote“Ca unul dintre actorii care am interpretat cele mai multe personaje (…) din opera marelui nostru dramaturg, îl evoc cu afectuoasă recunoştinţă.”
Read quote“Na estradzie partnerem jest widz, a nie kolega aktor.”
Read quote“En el teatro todo es mentira, menos lo que representa el actor.”
Read quote“У меня в театре художники.”
Read quote“When I was younger it was essential, if you wanted to stay working in the theatre then you had to be able to turn your hand to anything.”
Read quote“You play with it and you go with it and you join up with the character and you make somebody that is full and complete.”
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Quote Stories about Theater
Loose Threads, Bright Wings
Jun wants to prove he can repair every puppet before the weekend performance. After his hurried fixes make matters worse, he learns to ask what each broken object is trying to become.
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What the Seams Remember
Mera could make a sleeve fit by touch. Explaining how was another matter entirely.
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When the Curtains Learned to Glow
Lina and Oren find an abandoned puppet stage beneath their apartment and race to restore it before the courtyard festival. When their beautiful scenery buckles and their late-night show excludes neighbors, they discover that the best theater is built for many kinds of attention.
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