Tadashi Suzuki

• Revolutionary theatre practitioner
• no apprentices
• doesn't show people about his theories
• Suzuki company - Toga in Toyama Japan
• Writer of "The ways of Acting"
• Famous for directing classical work such as shakespearian plays
• Focus on mental and physical techniques on Suzuki's theories
• to act, one must have a point of view
• convey a point of view, from human behaviour and relationships
• once actors perceive this, they try to stimulate this by relating to the text
• By expanding the process of energy, you can make the centre of the body be the focus of your balance, on ur breathing abilities and such.
• more body awareness
• more movement
• Things that are invisible, they are working on
• all about coming back into the centre of things
• Lose yourself through fiction
• breathe trhough the nose
• understand the different ways in which teh feet contact the floor
• send energy through the floor onto the ground when stomping
• keep the upper body free but strong
• constant focus and awareness
• keep the lower body constantly engaged and powerful underneath the centre of gravity to support the breath and vocal instrument.
• The ten ways of walking: Stamping Shakuhachi
• move from the centre, no changes in direction
• no fixed path until the group comes together in a line
• Standing statues
• rising up from the floor, in the middle of stomping shakuhachi
• frozen poses
• sitting statues
• legs stretched out straight in the front
• Decrease in communication, decrease in theatrical appreciation
• non-places
• cultures can co-exist, with theatre and acting as it's bridge
• Dynamic locations
• wants actors to experience
• Audience and Actor Releationship
• wants to create the flow of communication
• wants actors to feel at home, and not feel threatened by outside factors
• Tale of King Lear
• Asian influence Globally
• Philosophy of Tadashi Suzuki
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