ABSTRACT
The aim of composition work is to liberate the actor from the automatisms of everyday life, those which follow the rule of maximum result with minimum effort. If the author has to go from A to B, she begins by proceeding in the opposite direction. As newborn babies we explore the various possibilities of our hands and feet, but the moment we learn to walk we adopt a functional modality of using the body. Walking has become part of our body's everyday technique and as such it is now an automatism. The aim of the composition work with legs and feet is to try out new possibilities of moving the body by means of mental images capable of reawakening physical associations. The rich possibilities that present themselves during composition help to enhance the actor's self-confidence and the capacity to react promptly and in a pertinent way to the director's requests.
