When practicing for a play, Grotowski liked actors to be in simple clothed, and little attention was put into lighting, props and such. For the audience, he did pay little attention to them, but they did not occupy primary importance.
"Biography of Jerzy Grotowski." The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop. JBActors, 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://www.jbactors.com/actingreading/actingteacherbiographies/jerzygrotowski.html>.
Grotowski thought that only what was on stage in the start of the show should be used during for the performance.
The plastiques: movement of heads, elbows, wrists, hips, chest, torso and other parts of the body
Facial masks: Grotowski worked with the actors to create a “mask “ that reflected the sentiments of the character
corporels: exercises for the spine and the flexibility of body to liberate the actor in the acting space.
Grotowski urged actors to utilize air when speaking. Voice was extremely important in bringing out the physical and mentall capabilities, according to Grotowski.
Grotowski encouraged the actors to breathe when they required it: not to save breaths. He believed that it helped their voice come out better, as well as breathing.
Grotowski’s main aim was to test the connection between the actors and the audience with each play.
There are not many specific practices of the Laboratory theatre that are specific to them, as Grotowski did not believe in specifying to the outer world what sort of practices he did, as he did not want to say that a specific training was the right one to train actors.
Grotowski handout.
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