Application of the Método Schinca® in the Pedagogy of the Text-Based Theatre Actor

Abstract

The article seeks to explore the Método Schinca® not from the viewpoint of body expression, which is its original nature, but in its possible application to the training of text-based theatre actors, specifically in the subjects related to acting. In this article the author describes the method, which she is familiar with in her personal practice but which she analyses through the publications of Schinca herself and her collaborators, Helena Ferrari and Rafael Ruiz; highlighting the revisions made by them and complementing it with direct interviews with Marta Schinca. This method is framed within the pedagogy of the actor, which establishes a training approach based on exercises, where Schinca innovates in terms of the sequencing of the contents and the protocol of each class. The inclusion of sound and voice in the method itself and the possibilities that this offers to text-based theatre actors are emphasised. A possible application is described through an example of the work of matter in transformation, which connects technical elements with emotional aspects. The conclusion is that the method can provide a valid path in the learning process of text-based theatre acting but also in its subsequent application in a possible staging.