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76 DRAMATIC AND LYRIC INTERPRETATION
eighteenth century. You cannot sing the song of a Cowboy with the same plastic attitude as you would sing a Soldier's song, and so on.
Even if you have no experience at all, instinct will keep you from doing it. You see therefore that the interpretative artist, however limited his knowledge may be, however limited his talent may be, feels vaguely, but instinctively, that the foundation of his art is the plastic quality of his body.
We shall see in the course of this chapter how vast and how deep this foundation is, and we shall find that the plasticity of the body is foundation and at the same time principal structure of the dramatic art.
Can you express tragic words with an attitude of comedy, or could you express comedy in a tragic attitude ?
Can you interpret a love song in an attitude of violence, or words of passion with folded arms?
Can you sing a song which is a prayer with outstretched arms or sing a warrior's song on your knees ? No! No !
You see for yourself the dramatic artist must be a sculptor who gives to his body the attitude which the words, the thought of his song require. |
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