“Standing in front of an audience and playing the violin seemed completely natural to me. The standards to which I was guided were the highest, and I measured myself by them out of admiration, and not out of desire to appear better.”
Yehudi Menuhin, from the book “Wanderings”
Artistry- artistic talent, outstanding creative abilities. High creative skill, virtuosity in some way. in fact. Particular elegance of manners, graceful movements. (
Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language edited by T. Efremova)
Artistry is an undoubted manifestation of human creativity. Although this trait is needed not only by people of art, actors and singers. Showing artistry always helps in everyday life.
Artistry is the art of transforming yourself when the situation demands it.
- Artistry is the ability to put on a mask and live up to the chosen role.
- Artistry is the ability to transform yourself, both externally and internally, without betraying yourself.
- Artistry is the ability to become different - on stage, in life - when circumstances require it.
The essence of artistry lies in the ability to influence the audience, to “capture” them with your performance. Here the ability not only for deep psychological penetration into a musical work comes to the fore, but also the ability to subordinate the audience to one’s creative will - “artistic magnetism.” Personal charm plays an important role. For example, they said about the outstanding American pianist W. Clyburn that even if he only communicated with the public, he would still have had great success, the musician was so charming. The artistic ability to involve the listener in a musical experience.
Artistry includes the ability to experience time twice on stage. It lies in an instant premonition, a prediction of a whole that has yet to unfold. And also this is the living of real moments, which manifests itself in the orientation of consciousness and will towards the general movement of musical thought. A double experience of time is unthinkable without a sharp mental switch with a good muscular reaction. The double experience of time also presupposes the ability to “divide” attention, to be both an enthusiastic and cold analyst. The peculiarity of artistic performance is that the thoughts and feelings that the musician puts into them must be thought out and felt by him in advance, in the process of getting used to the musical image. They should become, as it were, the essence of the energy of the sounding image. And on stage, control and self-control are important in realizing your plans.
Artistry is a special mental property of nature, which does not always correspond to its general mental qualities. Although often a bright musician who powerfully influences a huge audience, in everyday life he can be a calm person with a gentle character. Conversely, the performance of an imperative personality, with pronounced leadership traits, may be weak-willed and devoid of charismatic qualities.
The concept of artistry is not identical to the concept of pop endurance. Historical practice confirms that often bright, artistic people felt psychological discomfort when speaking in public. And vice versa, people devoid of artistic talent can sometimes freely go on stage, play confidently, without “losing” anything, but also without shaking the ears of the listeners. Possessing stage stamina depends on the mental make-up of one’s nature, since being on stage, especially musical performance and acting, is associated with strong mental pressure. Behavior on the stage is behavior in an extreme situation, the essence of which lies, firstly, in the direction of the attention of many people, in the influence of their biofields, and secondly, in the social significance of public speaking.
Practice has shown that excitement is necessary during public speaking; it should bring increased acuity of perception and feeling. This kind of anxiety is called productive. Excessive anxiety, not related to interpretation and, on the contrary, interfering with self-expression, is unproductive.
I consider it wrong to purposefully and focusedly instill in a musician a sense of the social significance of a performance, since often this factor is the cause of excessive and unproductive anxiety. They note that most children, unlike adults, are not afraid of public speaking precisely because they do not realize its social significance. But in adolescence, this awareness comes, and the fear of going on stage appears. The ability to abstract from oppressive “responsibility” and overcome gloomy forebodings requires both strong-willed efforts and serious self-hypnosis. Initially, focusing the musician’s attention on the fact that going on stage necessarily has a certain (public or social) goal that is significant for him: whether it is depending on a successful performance, enrollment in an educational institution, passing a transition exam, receiving a laureate title, approval of professional status and etc., finally, just a comfortable psychological state - first of all, the fear of public humiliation and receiving negative feedback about the performance is formed. And since a musician often identifies himself with his creativity, “the quality of himself” with the quality of mastery of the instrument and the skill of interpretation, as a result, public performance evokes a premonition comparable to a premonition of disaster if the performance is unsuccessful. When experiencing such a state, it is impossible to talk about artistic or even simply expressive performance, since all the emotional and psychological resources of the musician are spent on coping with fear, simply “getting through” this situation as one of the unpleasant, but necessary for social self-realization processes.
For a long time it was believed that the only way to adapt to a psychologically uncomfortable stage situation was to go on stage regularly. But in recent decades, stage anxiety has become the subject of scientific research, the results of which have shown that stage endurance can be trained.
Of course, the basis for a psychologically comfortable state on stage is the degree to which the piece has been learned. Therefore, before submitting a work to a non-concert, it is necessary to check whether it meets the criterion of pop readiness. This concept was introduced and used by L.L. Bochkarev. The criterion for variety readiness includes: the ability to consciously control the game, the ability to interpret the work in imaginary sound and action, the disappearance of ideas about technical difficulties, the manifestation of improvisational freedom, the possibility of emotional “living” of one’s performance and “listener’s” perception of one’s game, the ability to regulate psychological condition. Only a piece learned at this level should be performed publicly, in which case we can talk about stage adaptation.
If we say that a musician is artist, and not just a person whose profession is related to working for the public, then, accordingly, the upbringing of a musician should take place not only as part of training in perfect mastery of the instrument, but also as an actor.
When preparing for a public performance, the performer needs to think about the images that or about which he will perform the work. Find examples of these images in life, in literature, painting, theater, etc. Find through what musical means of expression these images can be manifested, where they are embedded in the work. Train in the lesson an emotional artistic state, a state that conveys an image, and not just a solution to technical difficulties. Achieve the desired result, effect. The performer’s adaptation to the image occurs in the self-image through the “mechanism of vision, contemplation, viewing” (K.S. Stanislavsky). A thinking artist is given freedom in understanding what he is performing, because for him there is one thing that is mandatory - this is the idea that lies at the basis of the work. To recognize this idea, to experience it or to sanctify it with the light of reason - this is the first task of the performer.
The stage art of a performing musician is associated with the mastery of artistic and stage thinking, since only as a result of the creative, consciously organized specific process of the musician’s imaginative thinking, deep, versatile feelings, meaningful, emotional instrumental sound are born on stage. Therefore, the performer is tasked with not only understanding the composer’s iconic text, analyzing the form and content of the work, but also creating a program of psychological impact on the listener and transmitting it to the audience, transferring the listener to another reality, leading him to a new type of experience by creating virtual reality and going into your inner world.
To develop the artistic and stage thinking of a musician, you can take advantage of the experience of actor training, which primarily pays attention to the development of general abilities in representatives of all types of art: imagination, figurative memory, imaginative thinking, ability translate an abstract idea into figurative form, active response to phenomena of reality, subtle sensitivity, general emotional sensitivity.
For the field of theatrical directing, special abilities are distinguished: analytical (depth, flexibility, independence, initiative of thinking), expressive (plasticity, facial expressions, gestures, speech). For the acting profession, significant abilities are also distinguished: stage temperament, ability to transform, stage charm, infectiousness and persuasiveness.
These theoretical premises are important for describing the tasks of training musicians, since there are not only differences between theater and music, but also some similarities: these are temporary arts; they need a performer - a creative intermediary between playwright and spectator, composer and listener. The psychology of musical performance activity (V.I. Petrushin) studies the problem of conveying the composer's intention in the specific embodiment of the performing musician.
The problem of stage artistry and acting transformation is relevant: “A good actor, being on stage, pronouncing his text, always strives to be in the appropriate image, living on stage and acting as if the hero’s experiences become his own. Unlike actors, musicians often allow themselves to play without being in the appropriate psycho-emotional state. Therefore, here the question arises about the artistic training of the performing musician, mastering the techniques of acting psychotechnics, the foundations of which were developed by K.S. Stanislavsky"
Based on the identified specific features of acting activity, researchers note similarities between acting activity and the activity of a performing musician: a performing musician, like an actor, is one in “three persons” (the creator, the material from which the stage image is created, and the final result - the subject of creativity ); a performing musician, like an actor, must comprehend the image, internally model and reproduce it, penetrating the atmosphere of the author's intention and captivating him with musical expression.
Musical transformation is carried out only on an internal level, distinguished by its indirectness; artistically justified sound grows as a result of internal work, and not as the acting itself. “But penetration into this sphere - into pre- or supersonic reality occurs only through artistry, through the possibilities of transformation." The publicity of the work of a performing musician requires a special physical organization of his emotional apparatus and creative thinking, which is necessary for an actor. A performing musician in one person and artist, director, and actor, which requires developed creative abilities, intellectual potential and flexibility of thinking.
Artistry is the ability to convey emotional information through movements, facial expressions, eye expression and voice. Moreover, the information can be both true and false. Artistry is the art of transformation, allowing a person to put on a certain “mask”. By getting used to the role, a person temporarily changes his personality without changing his deep personal attitudes.
Artistry is a useful human quality that accompanies us in everyday life and at work. First of all, artistry is necessary for actors, but it is also important in other areas of activity - for example, without it it is difficult for businessmen, teachers, journalists, sales representatives and everyone who deals with people to work. It is also extremely important in everyday life, because in order to maintain good relationships, it is often more profitable for us to behave not as we want, but as the situation requires.
Artistry is an innate human quality - look how artistic children are, how diligently and without embarrassment they get used to the images of the characters in their games, how they speak in different voices for dolls, how easily they become princesses and evil wizards. But over time, adults eradicate childish spontaneity in them, kids learn to restrain their emotions, submit to the image created by society of a conscious person who should not run around the apartment in an Indian costume and hit imaginary enemies with a toy bow. The ability to restrain emotions is also one of the manifestations of artistry, which we will discuss below.
Women are more artistic than men. Ladies are more open and emotional, they are accustomed to show a wider range of feelings than representatives of the stronger sex, who are taught from childhood that they cannot cry and complain, that “calf tenderness” is the lot of women and children, that open expression of tenderness and delight is not a man’s business. Men are left with only a narrow range of internal qualities that are allowed to be shown in public - confidence, calmness, courage, strength of character.
Fortunately, man is an obstinate creature and is not always inclined to listen to public opinion, so among men there are many artistic individuals who are capable of playing any role that life or the director of a film requires of them.
What is artistry for us in the first place? This is a tool for managing yourself and people. It sounds strange... But think about it - why do people play certain roles? To evoke a response in the viewer's soul. And having achieved the necessary emotions, it is possible to direct a person along the path of thinking that is beneficial to the artist.
A great example is bluffing in poker. The player pretends that he has good cards, raises bets until his opponents get cold feet and throw their cards on the table. In poker, artistry is the most important quality of a winner - it’s not easy to sit with a calm and confident expression on your face when you don’t have the best hand and large sums of money are at stake.
Bluffing has long migrated from poker to business and other areas of human life, and we know very well that the fate of deals and entire companies often depends on a well-executed “performance.”
Artistry is pretense. When a person demonstrates to others something that is not what he really feels, it is practically the same as lying outright.
This may be the opinion of people who are accustomed to sincerely expressing their emotions and feelings. But if you think about it, even the most truthful person has to put on new masks every day.
For example, someone sees a man with an extremely disfigured face on the street - the natural desire would be to come up and take a closer look. But we know from childhood that people with physical disabilities cannot be openly looked at, it offends and insults them. Therefore, our truthful person will pass by, pretending that he did not notice anything. After a difficult work day, he will go to his old sick mother and will try hard to pretend that everything is fine with him, although problems have arisen in the family and large debts have accumulated. But he can’t upset his mother, who has a bad heart... The next day, meeting with important partners, he will give an incendiary and convincing speech, proving the advisability of continuing cooperation - although in reality he is very tired and only dreams of getting a good night’s sleep.
In addition, artistry is not necessarily a demonstration of non-existent emotions - sometimes it is very important to convey to the opponent your personal attitude towards the situation: concern about the problem, empathy, love, grief. It often happens that the solution to a problem depends precisely on how confident the second party is in the interest of the first. For example, if a husband fails to demonstrate his sincere repentance for an offense or concern for his wife’s health, the wife will think that she is indifferent to him - on this basis the family may even break up. Or maybe he really loves her, but doesn’t know how to express his emotions?
As you can see, artistry is an important component of interacting with people, and its absence makes life much more difficult. Fortunately, it can be developed and trained, and various simple exercises and tasks will help with this.
1. Play games. The article mentioned poker - this is a great game for developing the qualities of an artist. True, this does not mean that you need to go to a casino and spend your entire salary there. It’s better to play with friends for wishes - this will not only save the participants’ budget, but will also serve them well. After all, by fulfilling wishes, the loser continues to develop artistry - usually friends give humorous tasks related to strangers. Confess your love to a passerby, go to your neighbors at midnight and ask them for an ax, shout something stupid out the window. This will make life more fun, and you will be much braver and more confident.
In addition, there are many games for adults and children that will help make a person more artistic. For example, “The sea worries once” or “Princess Nesmeyana”. Such games can be arranged for holidays in a large company or during picnics.
2. Keep up with the times. You know, what is a selfie? Of course you do! Now it is so fashionable that even grandmothers post pictures on the Internet taken in the mirror or from an outstretched arm. Use this modern trend to improve your acting skills. Write down all the emotions you know on a piece of paper and take pictures of yourself, trying to depict them. Look what happens. For greater effect, you can post a photo on a social network so that friends and acquaintances can express their opinions about your talents.
Almost everyone has a video camera built into their camera or phone; you can make video recordings from a webcam. Record video messages, read poems with expression, tell the camera your thoughts on any issues that concern you. This is liberating and gives you the opportunity to look at yourself from the outside and understand what you need to work on. Maybe your pronunciation is lame, or you rub your nose with your hand all the time, or maybe your eyes wander. Looking at the notes, you can create your own image of communication, more charming and pleasant than now.
3. Learn to experience the right emotions. What makes the best actors successful? They cannot play with them - feigned feelings do not inspire confidence. To portray an emotion, it must be experienced. To do this, you need to remember the events that provoked the feelings that you are going to depict: happy moments from childhood are suitable for joyful experiences, and to evoke grief and melancholy, remember the greatest loss in life - the death of a loved one, a fire in the house, illness. Remember and focus on details and visual images, allow yourself to immerse yourself in the past - and then the necessary emotions will be reflected on your face.
4. Control yourself. The development of artistry involves not only demonstrating the “right” emotions, but also suppressing those that are currently not worth showing. There is, for example, such an expression as “bringing down the price” - this is a technique from the sphere of acting in everyday life. What does a person do to bring down the price? He pretends that he doesn’t really need the desired acquisition - to do this he has to restrain the feeling of desire, impatience, anticipation of the proximity of the desired object. This technique works both in bidding and in relationships between people - when a person sees that his offer is of little interest to the buyer, he reduces the price. For example, this method includes the immutable rule of girls: do not answer the phone right away, so that the guy does not think that she was waiting for a call.
How to learn not to reveal your true feelings in public? About, how to manage emotions, there are many articles on the Internet, so we will focus on only one, the simplest and most effective method. In order for an emotion not to control you, you need to believe that it is not a mental, but a physiological manifestation. This is true: emotions are just chemical reactions of the brain to some events. If you carefully analyze them, it turns out that they are expressed in some kind of physical symptoms - the heart begins to beat intensely, it takes your breath away, you feel hot or cold, your stomach “pulls.” If you treat it as a physical phenomenon, you will be able to perceive the emotion as a mild pain that you can ignore. After all, having cut yourself, you don’t suffer over your wound all week until it heals - you try to forget about the discomfort and work as if nothing had happened. You can also ignore emotions, doing what is necessary: when it’s scary, abstract yourself and call for help to a state of calm through memories of something that brought peace in the past. Well-developed artistry is impossible without the ability to manage emotions, so you will have to work on this.
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As with any phenomenon, there are extremes in artistry. There are lively and artistic, but overly sincere individuals who are capable of showing only real emotions, without thinking about the results of their behavior. Such people are usually considered stupid, short-sighted and primitive: “Straight as a table!” or “Simple as five cents!” - they talk about them. This hardly seems like a compliment. The opposite extreme is pathological hypocrisy, in which a person never demonstrates his true intentions.
The other two extremes are a complete lack of artistry and, conversely, pretentiousness, too demonstrative behavior that attracts a lot of attention. A completely unartistic person is more like a robot, programmed for only one emotion - calm, despondency or silent discontent; too artistic - annoying and tiring with its endless outbursts.
Of course, any extremes are bad; you need to find a middle ground in order to achieve your goals using your innate acting abilities. Without self-improvement, artistry resembles a rough diamond - it must be cut and brought to perfection, and then it will become a bright adornment of the individual.
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Creative people don't just wear fancy clothes and try to stand out from the crowd. There is no doubt that artistic people may look like this, but the essence lies in how they express themselves and perceive the world around them. Creative people always take the time to stop and look around because they strive to understand the deeper essence of things.
Steps
Part 1
Develop your creativity-
Constantly strive to learn new things. Read books, go to exhibitions, take classes, ask questions - learn something new every day. This approach will inspire you to creative achievements.
- Great works of art do not arise from a vacuum, but are a reflection of the creator's world. If you live in an interesting world, then your creativity will also be interesting.
- The more experience and knowledge, the more sources from which you can draw inspiration.
Lead an active lifestyle. Spend less time in front of TV and on social media. Go for walks or find other ways to be active. Regular physical activity improves your mood and stimulates creative thinking.
Start keeping a journal. Write and draw daily, even when you feel like you have nothing to say. A notebook with unlined pages can inspire you to take creative notes.
Do creative exercises. Daily creative exercises are a great way to develop your creativity. This doesn't take much time. Even 15 minutes a day is enough to fuel your creative thinking.
Part 3
Develop your tastes-
Learn to live consciously. Mindfulness is the ability to notice every moment of life. To do this you need to slow down. For example, enjoy all the flavors of chocolate and see all the colors of the sky at dawn.
- Pay attention to details - notice not only the appearance, but also the taste, smell, and sound. This way of thinking will not only provide material for creativity, but will also help you better understand your tastes.
Artistry– 1) a) Artistic talent, outstanding creative abilities. b) transfer High creative skill, virtuosity in some way. in fact. 2) transfer Particular elegance of manners, graceful movements.
Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language edited by T. F. Efremova
Artistry is an undoubted manifestation of human creativity. Although this trait is needed not only by people of art, actors and singers. Showing artistry always helps in everyday life, in business, in personal life.
- Artistry is the art of transforming yourself when the situation demands it.
- Artistry is the ability to put on a mask and live up to the chosen role.
- Artistry is the ability to transform yourself, both externally and internally, without betraying yourself.
- Artistry is the ability to become different - on stage, in life - when circumstances require it.
If artistry in art is a self-evident phenomenon, then the attitude towards artistry in everyday life is ambiguous. It may often seem to be at odds with the moral principles of honesty, integrity and truthfulness. However, if we look at artistry in everyday life from a different perspective, we will see that it is undoubtedly a kind of defensive weapon. Almost every day we are subjected to mental and energetic attacks, and from completely unexpected directions. In such a situation, we often have to put on different masks, depending on our communicative intentions. The most important thing is to be honest with yourself!
The benefits of artistry
- Artistry helps you maintain good relationships with people, even those you may not like.
- Artistry and diplomacy help not to offend in situations where the truth is hard-hitting.
- Artistry is an absolutely necessary trait for people in creative professions.
- Artistry is a kind of defense mechanism in conditions when it is impossible to show true feelings and mood.
Expressions of artistry in everyday life
A creative approach to everyday life is an active life position, the desire to live brightly, in harmony with oneself and others. Artistry in everyday life is the ability to look and behave the way you need in a specific situation, the ability to attract and captivate people. Thanks to artistry, we have the ability to control the situation in many areas of our lives.
Here, for example, are those areas in which artistry is unconditionally necessary today.
- Acting environment. Looking at numerous films, we often catch ourselves thinking that some actors are invited to a certain role because of their image. That is, in all films this actor plays the same way, in fact himself - only his personal image is exploited. Other actors can play such diverse roles and transform themselves so much that sometimes you are amazed at how great the talent and strength of artistry of these geniuses is.
- Business environment. The development of artistry in this area is one of the key points in creating one’s own image and improving communication skills. Presentations, self-presentations, presentation of new projects - in fact, any public speech cannot do without entering into a certain image, role.
How to develop artistry
By developing artistry, we become excellent actors. And by becoming good actors, we are able to play better and better the roles that life itself offers us. When receiving this or that “task,” this or that role, we carefully think through an image that often does not coincide with our true “I” and does not allow us to reveal our true intentions.
- We learn to hide our thoughts. Yes, yes, you don’t always need to show and express your true feelings. Let's just try not to think about what we want to hide from others. Let’s try to hide true thoughts somewhere far away, and let into the “foreground” only those that will help create the necessary image.
- Learning to hide emotions. Let's do a creative task. Choose your favorite song (or better yet, several) - exactly the one that touches you to the depths of your soul, from which a lump appears in your throat and tears well up. Learn it and sing, sing, sing... It is very important that you experience all the emotions that capture you while singing this song. Now learn to perform it for “listeners”, perform it in such a way that your soul is absolutely calm and the song does not make you feel emotional.
- Learning to demonstrate loyalty. Remember the people towards whom you, for some reason, have negative emotions. Of course, ideally, rejection of people should be eradicated on its own, since it interferes with spiritual development and has a destructive effect on the personality. However, if this drawback is present, we use it for good purposes. Try to communicate with these people as much as possible, but in such a way that no one suspects that you still have a certain aversion towards these individuals. Have you found any negativity towards people? Congratulations and we envy you! Use other exercises!
- We learn to hide our confusion. Let's say there is a person in whose presence you give up, feel depressed, insecure. Wonderful. There is an opportunity to train not only artistry, but also fearlessness, self-confidence and self-esteem. Try to communicate more with such a person. The main condition is that your behavior should be free, relaxed, and confident. But in no way provocative or arrogant.
Don't be afraid to set yourself difficult tasks - this will speed up your improvement.
Golden mean
Straightforwardness, schematism
Artistry
Pretentiousness
Catchphrases about artistry
Art consists in the fact that the actor makes something alien, given to him by the author of the play, his own. - E.B. Vakhtangov - There is no better rule in art than not to get carried away by the first impulse. If you give yourself time to think, the embodiment always comes out more true. - T. Salvini - The beauty of talent is that it does what I cannot. - M.A. Svetlov - Actors make an impression on the audience not when they go wild, but when they play the frenzy well. - Denis Diderot - To be creative, you need to lose yourself and there, outside yourself, forget your “extra thoughts.” - M. Prishvin - Stanislavsky K.S. / An actor's work on himself Here is one of the most famous and sought-after works all over the world by the great Russian director, famous actor, teacher and theater figure K.S. Stanislavsky. This book is a classic acting training that provides knowledge without which an actor who thinks about his art cannot consider himself a real actor. Veronica Dupre / How to become an actor What does it mean to be a good actor? It's not enough to just learn acting lessons. First of all, it is control of your voice and body, the ability to speak correctly and move correctly. Oddly enough, talent given from above cannot replace this skill. It comes on top and turns just a good actor into an actor who wins thousands of hearts. However, having talent is not everything. You also need to be able to manage them correctly.Artistry or artistry refers to innate (sometimes acquired) qualities. An artistic person is characterized by a special grace of manners, a sense of rhythm, and a refined perception of the surrounding reality. Such qualities are not necessarily inherent in people of art. Sometimes they are in demand in everyday life. According to experts, a person with a higher internal organization endures stressful situations more easily and adapts more quickly to different environments. You can learn about all this by reading the materials in this article.
The concept of "artistry"
From the point of view of pop and performing arts, this category includes:
- the ability to quickly adapt in accordance with the external situation;
- changes in demeanor, rate of speech, articulation;
- flexible adaptation to new rules of the game, the ability to accept the situation without changing internally.
There is no need to confuse the components of artistry with acting or buffoonery: these are completely different manifestations, although to the inexperienced in subtleties they may seem one and the same. In general, as the great Shakespeare argued, the whole world can be counted among the stage and its stage. Therefore, even the most ordinary person, without thinking about it, plays some kind of role every day, which is especially important.
What is creativity and why is it needed?
First of all, this means the desire to move forward, an active life status and at the same time harmonious relationships with the outside world. Sometimes life's ups and downs put us in strict limits, imposing the rules of the game.
We are not necessarily talking about professional film actors who periodically try on different destinies and characters. By the way, they, most often, “change” only externally: they apply makeup, add some elusive nuances that make up the facets of personality, but internally they are the same person.
Serious business dictates approximately the same requirements. Only in it the “roles” are more functional and less time is allocated for learning them. And the stakes can often be career and financial situation.
Important. During presentations, public speaking, or today's popular webinars, the main thing is not to overact - remember that everything is good in moderation: after all, there may not be a chance for a second take, and the result, unlike blockbusters, does not always justify the investment.
The rules, in general, are almost the same as in amateur theater. While learning new roles and expanding your repertoire, you sometimes have to develop self-control and carefully disguise your real emotions. At the same time, outwardly everything is completely different: the person looks open, extremely sociable, but his real essence is well hidden somewhere.
Coaches suggest how to develop artistry: do a few simple, but... For example, learn some melody or composition that is close in level of emotional experiences, remember it down to the smallest detail. And then change the conditions a little: learn to sing so that for the listeners the song sounds at the limit (as they say, it would touch the soul), but does not cause any serious disturbances in the performer.
The second exercise is on loyalty. It happens that some people cause an acute negative reaction. From the point of view of spiritual practices, this is a serious drawback that destroys the personality and prevents the establishment of harmonious relationships with the outside world. However, it can also be turned to good if you subordinate your emotions to strict mental control. The result can be considered achieved when you manage to communicate without visible effort with an “unpleasant” interlocutor, without betraying your feelings in any way.
The third task helps to develop the ability to manage oneself, speech artistry with a communication effect. It is enough to choose a person (or situation) in your environment that leads to confusion, prevents you from concentrating and unsettles you for a long time.
Conscious communication with this person (at least for a few minutes a day) will bring success in the form of the development of composure and rapid adaptation to a stressful situation. In this case, the behavior should be absolutely natural, not feigned. An example of this practice is Aesop's fable of the fox and the lion. Seeing the king of beasts for the first time, the fox was very frightened and ran away. The second time she barely controlled herself, but she lingered near the lion a little longer. And for the third time, the fox became so bold that he allowed himself to address him with a speech.
Attention. Psychologists say that by learning to set increasingly complex and extraordinary tasks and overcoming them, a person improves faster and moves forward.
How You Can Apply Artistry to Everyday Life
It is generally accepted that, from a psychological point of view, a woman is a more flexible creature than a man. There are many reasons for this: the standard taboos for boys in modern society to openly express their emotions, the long-term stereotypical perception of a real man as a calculating, cold-blooded, completely private superman.
Diagnosis of the level of artistic development in the middle group of schoolchildren usually shows stunning results, but over time, as they grow up, children learn to hide their real feelings and become withdrawn. In some societies, for example, in medieval Japan, the refusal to sincerely demonstrate one’s feelings and free will was replaced by unquestioning submission, believing that this was the true path (tao) of a warrior.
Fortunately, modern moral rules are more responsive to personal feelings. This is why men sometimes make wonderful actors. However, let's return to artistry and its benefits - obvious or imaginary. A person, to a greater or lesser extent, lives by his moods and experiences: first love, successful passing of exams, career development, buying a new car - all these events cause certain chemical reactions in the brain, which are outwardly expressed in emotions.
If there were no vivid response to any events, a serious component of a person’s life would disappear. But sometimes open, uncontrollable emotional outbursts “according to Stanislavsky’s system” do not so much help as harm. One of the most typical examples is poker, or more precisely a technique used by players (bluff).
In English, the expression “with a poker face” is synonymous with an impenetrable, secretive player whose actions are difficult to calculate. A strong opponent must convince the other participants in the game that he has good cards in his hands, and for this he needs to master bluffing to perfection.
In real life, a person who behaves with dignity, literally radiating confidence, has a much better chance of getting a job, a bank loan or a promotion than someone who stammers, is timid and is too nervous. Employees of recruiting agencies can confirm this: according to statistics, the employer, all other things being equal (skill level, work experience, age), will choose applicants who can clearly express their thoughts and control emotions.
Important. Shareholders will give their vote to someone who knows how to persuade and speaks confidently. The same applies to voters: timid, shy candidates (even if they have a whole galaxy of other wonderful human qualities) cause rejection on a subconscious level. And nothing can be done about it.
Exercises to develop artistry
The development of artistry in children is necessary because it contributes to a more complete personality development. Moreover, who knows, maybe in the future they will become a famous singer, actor or writer. Typically, for creative individuals, their path to great art began with classes in amateur theaters or dance clubs in childhood.
Simple exercises to develop artistry will be very useful for people who are naturally shy and want to change themselves and make themselves better. As we know from history, many outstanding personalities suffered from shortcomings in their youth and were able to achieve success only with the help of hard training. According to legend, the famous ancient philosopher and orator Demosthenes was initially tongue-tied, unable to express himself clearly and distinctly, and in addition had an unpleasant habit of twitching his shoulder.
Rehearsing on the seashore, to the sound of the waves, putting small pebbles in his mouth, he developed speech artistry: he learned to speak loudly, clearly formulate his thoughts and improved his diction. And what helped get rid of the tic was the sword, which was suspended from the ceiling and stabbed the speaker painfully every time.
Modern psychologists advise people suffering from speech defects (, lisp, burr) to speak more and even sing: this practice will help develop communication and develop self-confidence. Experts say that most human diseases are somatic in nature, that is, they are manifestations of disturbances in the functioning of organs or a reaction to external influences.
Therefore, as advice on how to develop artistry for people with cerebral palsy and ordinary adults, the above recommendations are quite suitable. The main thing is not to be afraid of difficulties and believe in your success.