Drama theorist Jerzy Grotowski.

workshop. The person had to breath deeply and exhales deeply as well. As soon as the person is relaxed, he or she is to move any part of their body instinctively and continue that particular movement for 30 seconds or more. Then the person is to move on to another part of their body and do the same. The purpose of this exercise is to connect with your movements and emotions. I realized that the plastiques very similar to yoga. I didn’t know if random movements that abruptly came into your head could connect movements and emotions. The second exercise the corporal was an exercise dealing with acting like a cat. It is more complex than the plastiques in that the movements are more violent and sharp while the plastiques is more gentle and relaxing. The workshop was for the person to begin with a starting position, which is the resting cat. The person must react to different movements based on their instincts but the instincts of a cat. For example if the person felt like jumping or doing an abrupt movement, an instinctive cat movement to initiate would be a movement of pouncing on a mouse. I found this exercise the stranger one because the movements of cat seemed very random and queer. I realized that in order to do these workshops and exercise that fit to what Grotowski wants, the person must completely abandon any insecurities or feelings of embarrassment and judgment and go with pure instincts. These instincts are key in Grotowski’s theory because he wants acting to be performed in its most basic state. I remembered last year, we had another drama teacher that came in and did a workshop with us. One of his activities was for the whole class to form a circle and for each person to jump in consecutively with an instinctive movement and pose. It was my turn to jump in and my initial feeling was to just stretch out with a ballet-like flare to it; however, I was reluctant and jumped in instead. The drama teacher pointed out to me, “Go with your instinct and just throw yourself out there. Don’t think about the others.” I realized the importance of instinct and the basic state that Grotowski was trying to get across. In acting, an actor cannot be reluctant in fully showing and expressing emotion in a performance or else the performance is weak. Grotowski wanted the actors and production to have a connection with audience and I think this instinct is the element that connects the two together.