Street Style Squad

Acting Out: What Dancers Can Learn from Actors


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  • Collaboration between a street dancer and an actor can be a fruitful journey to explore and learn from each other's craft and techniques.
  • Both artists should take the time to understand each other's art forms and be willing to push themselves out of their comfort zones.
  • The street dancer can learn about different acting techniques such as the Stanislavski and Meisner method to infuse emotion and depth into their movements.
  • Both artists can read books and watch performances outside their usual genre to push their creativity.
  • Street dancers can learn from actors about the use of breath, subtext, and character development to create more expressive and dynamic performances.
  • Actors can learn from street dancers about physicality and improvisation to become more comfortable with spontaneity and develop their ability to think on their feet.
  • Both artists can work together to create performances that incorporate both street dance and theater.
  • Both the street dancer and actor will have a deeper understanding of each other's art forms and will have created performances that incorporate both street dance and theater.


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