The creative work as duplicated experience of the actor in himself and in the character: the (aest)ethical perezhivanie

Abstract

Abstract The article delves into the relationship between emotion and imagination (emotional bonding) in the actor's duplicated experience in creative artistic work. Based on the concept of perejivanie in Vygotski, Stanislavski and Vakhtangov, we focus on the empirical work done with a theater company that articulates social critique to the actors' personal experiences, through video and field diary records, as well as self-confrontations. Analyzing the creative process, we emphasize that: the feelings experienced, felt-thought in images by the actress, affect her subjectivity and the construction of the character; the reliving of the actress is the foundation for creation - a sphere in which ethics and aesthetics are (con)merge in the (est)ethical perejivanie. Such elements are important to the understanding of artistic experience and aesthetic education.