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What is communication?
The transfer of ideas from one mind to another with maximum emotional context and minimum waste
Drama is life-changing because…
It teaches a way of being, inbuilt as children and forgotten by adults that is a loop of curiosity and feedback with a lot of risk taking. Crooked House Youth Theatre members tend to go on into arts or physics - both curiosity-based disciplines
Improvisation etymology
Inability to see forwards
Ancient Greeks had 7 gods and how many temples?
8 - leaving one for the unknown god
2 activities known for flow state and one mental health benefit of flow state
Boxing and drama. Distraction and engagement interfere with rumination, allowing new thought patterns to emerge
band from Dingle, Co. Kerry
Walking on Cars
What is method acting?
An acting technique in which an actor aims to identify emotionally with the character. It was created by Stanislavsky and popularised in America in the 1930s. It is used by Dustin Hoffman