How has actor training in the West changed in the last century?
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Whereas once actors took to the stage by whim or passion, today's American stage actor is a highly trained professional who has usually studied the craft intensively for an extended time. Most have been trained in conservatories or MFA programs that often require a minimum of three years of study. Once acting schools taught only diction, script analysis, and scene study. It is now common for acting schools to offer classes in circus for coordination and strength, mime and mask work for an articulate and expressive body, t'ai chi for balance and form, yoga for breath control and focus, Suzuki for centering, African dance for centered control and rhythm, Alexander technique for alignment and "good use," fencing for focus and coordination, Viewpoints for spatial awareness, vocal production for a free voice, diction for clarity of speech, and singing. All these techniques are now seen as vital and reflect borrowings from many different cultures.
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