How to become a virtousic actor?: Selected Aspects of becoming an adaptive expert in the field of acting

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Pedagogy - Miscellaneous Topics, grade: 1,0, Turku University of Applied Sciences, course: skill aquistion, language: English, abstract: Acting is the gate to a world, in which everything can become true, even if it is absolutely fanciful. I experience this for 10 years and I like to look back on this time. Therefore is the topic of this essay: How to become a virtuosic actor? That contains on the one hand the question of how to become an expert in the area of acting in general and the other hand how to become an adaptive expert. I want to answer both. First of all will be a summary of the requirements given, which are linked with the satisfaction of the public expectation toward a capable actor in general, and the abilities, which are needed to fulfill the requirements. This way of explanation was chosen, because the point of views among the actors them self relative to what a capable actor is differs with a large degree under each other. Afterwards will be the differences between novices and experts stated. This is to explain, why experts-actors can fulfill the requirements and novices mostly not. In the following will be the differences between experts them self and the reasons for this fact explained, to illustrate why not every expert-actor is a virtuosic one. Building on this will be several conditions and techniques introduced, which are necessary or advisable for becoming an expert-actor in general, like motivation, and an adaptive expert-actor, like learning in several contexts. This essay will be concluded by summarizing the significant information, which will answer the given questions. The mostly facts stated will be illustrated with examples from the field of acting. It should be mentioned that all examples are lend from my own experience. Since the space is limited, this essay does not cover all important aspects of theme, but gives an overview of the issues that were crucial to me toward the field of acting in general.