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acting
Art of representing a character on a stage or before a camera by means of movement, gesture, and intonation. Acting in the Western tradition originated in Greece in the 6th cent. BC; the tragedian Thespis is traditionally regarded as founder of the profession. Aristotle defined acting as "the right management of the voice to express various emotions" and declared it a natural gift that he doubted could be taught. Acting declined as an art in the Middle Ages, when Christian liturgical drama was performed by craft guilds and amateurs. Modern professional acting emerged in the 16th cent. with Italy's commedia dell'arte troupes. It flourished during the era of W. Shakespeare. Not until the 18th cent., however, was acting considered a profession to be taken seriously, through the efforts in England of the actor-manager D. Garrick and the talents of such actors as S. Siddons, E. Kean, and H. Irving. Modern acting styles have been influenced by K. Stanislavsky's emphasis on the actor's identification with his role and by B. Brecht's insistence on the objectivity and discipline of the actor. The Stanislavsky method was adapted in the U.S. by L. Strasberg and Stella Adler (1901-1992) and is the basis of most contemporary training, which features the cultivation of emotional and sense memory, physical and vocal training, and improvisation.


vaulting
Gymnastics exercise in which the athlete leaps over a cylindrical form similar to the side horse except that the pommels are absent. In men's vaulting, the horse is placed lengthwise; in women's vaulting, sideways. In both events the athlete runs toward the horse, rebounds off a springboard, and, coming into contact with the horse using his or her hands for support, vaults over it. A variety of acrobatic movements may be performed while airborne. Vaulting has been an Olympic event since 1896 for men and 1952 for women.

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