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Acting Acting: The First Six Lessons |
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That
is why the Irish policeman is the best policeman in the world. He never
sleeps on duty. He dreams wide awake. And the gangster has little chance. (p.
27) To
imitate is wrong. To create is right. (p. 35) The
only real rules in art are the rules that we discover for ourselves. (p.
50) The Creature: Where does the author appear on the scene? Jaques-Dalcroze
told me a great deal about Rhythm in Music and in Dancing, two arts in which
it is the essential and vital element. I found a book on Rhythm in Architecture;
it is not translated into English. Those were the only two reliable and
practical guides to that great element of every art. Critics occasionally
mention rhythm in painting and sculpture, but I have never heard it
explained. In the theatre the mechanical word “Tempo” is
substituted, but it has nothing to do with Rhythm. (p.
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