This document discusses acting and role play, specifically how to simulate emotions through body language. It notes that acting involves consciously transmitting information through words, gestures, posture, etc, unlike natural behavior. Various emotions like happiness, sadness, fear, and anger are described in terms of associated body postures, facial expressions, and breathing patterns. The document provides guidance on how to train children with autism spectrum disorder and adults to recognize and portray emotions through sculpting body images, modeling expressions, and creating scenarios eliciting different feelings. Performances should be built around conveying a range of emotions to audiences.

1. Dr. Parasuram Ramamoorthi

2. Acting Behavior
 One can at will( consciously) transmit gnostic and
emotional information to an audience by
 Word
 Gesture
 Posture
 This is called Role play different from natural behavior
 Real life behavior and role play are different.
 Emotional behavior on stage is equivalent to
spontaneous emotion.

3. Body and Face
The way two
people stand
How the body
leans

4. Yes : Role play can be taught
It can be trained
Stimulated
How to emote
How to use the Body to express emotions

5. Body Speaks
All theatre manuals speak of
Body speak
The natya shastra calls it
AANGIKAM
 HEAD
 EYE BROWS
 EYES
 FACE(MUSCLES,LIPS,CHIN)
 CHEST
 LOWER LIMBS
 FINGERS
 They all act in Role Play
 Voluntary control of the body

7. Simulate an Emotion
 Each Role has an Emotion
 Try and capture the emotion
 Simulate the emotion
 Mother frustrated with the child: not easy for the child
 Observe, repeat, observe, repeat
 Reproduce respiratory, postural and facial postures of
the object of observation

8. Happiness
Sadness
Fear
Anger
Eroticism
Tenderness

9. Body relaxed
Head up and expansion of the body
Mouth slightly open

10. Almost similar to Happiness
Variation in the opening of mouth
Relaxed
Body opens up

11. All connected with Eroticism
Tenderness
love

14. Body is tense
Crying, grief
Depression and panic
Immobile Body
Body shrinks

15. Body crouches
Arms closed
Freezing reaction

17. Anger- Aggression
 High and sound breathing
 Facial muscles are tense
 Lips tightly pressed together
 Eyes semi-closed

18. How to train Children with ASD
 Sculpt Body Images
 A gallery of Fear or Anger or Happiness
 Model expressions
 Body postures
 Create a scenario for Anger or fear or happiness

19. For Teens and Adults
 Create a short scenario
 Show pictures of love, tenderness
 Model moments of tenderness
 Hug
 Kiss
 Holding hands
 Dancing
 Watching TV together
 Advertisements could be used

20. Performing Emotions
 Performances should be built around Emotions
 A play should have various emotions
 Loss, grief, death, funeral
 Losing a toy, a job, a loved one
 Getting a new job, promotion
 Finding a new partner
 One friend bullying : anger/sadness