Open AccessThe Process of Becoming a Professional Actor
Author(s) -
Emilia Zimnica-Kuzioła
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
przegląd socjologii jakościowej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1733-8069
DOI - 10.18778/1733-8069.17.3.04
Subject(s) - period (music) , drama , public relations , sociology , career path , work (physics) , process (computing) , media studies , pedagogy , political science , visual arts , aesthetics , management , art , engineering , computer science , economics , operating system , mechanical engineering
The article concerns the process of becoming a professional actor; the author investigates the motivations of young people who decide to study acting. She is particularly interested in the impact of their significant others at various stages of the career path. The text is also an attempt to look at the stereotypes related to education in public theater schools. The empirical basis of the work involves free interviews conducted by the author with actors from Polish public drama theaters (in the period of 2015–2017) as well as journalistic interviews with theater artists published in books and popular monthly magazines in the period of 2011–2016.