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Here you can help me by answering or reacting to things I've done in and around this ADHD Social Media Actor Master's IDP-project:
Answer a survey
Watch, react, comment, re-send/tweet/make a story,
answer with a video or other to a Social Media clip that
I've done to ask questions or portray something about
ADHD and acting - on any of my socials.
THE (OPEN) defining artsurvey (can be done by anyone, but targeted to people within or around the arts).
THE ADHD ACTOR SURVEY (can be done by non-ADHD actors too)
This survey is closed to people working or studying at Stockholm University of the Arts. Can be find in your email or one of the weekly thursday emails.
About 30% of all the answers from the non-ADHD-actors where like these answers:
very aligned with the common diagnostic criteria questions for ADHD.
That might be an indicator that the 15% answer is much closer and even above my first (secret) hypothesis that 20% of all actors might be close to the diagnostic criteria of ADHD...
But a much larger data is needed to draw that conclusion for real since this survey is also called the ADHD-actor survey and only 61 answers are gathered so far.
3000 answers would be a much better, but as an indicator this is at least something exiting and cool <3
If you're not hyperfocused/or in a state of magical flow during a show or during rehearsal infront of the director -- how does that make you feel? And what do you think about that?
Off-beat
Concerned that I will forget things, flub lines and not be present. I have a strong suspicion that I may also be on the autistic spectrum.
I feel like a worthless actor. It's hard to steer my emotions around this.
Fine, don't care, I forget. If I get yelled at, I feel ashamed.
Som att jag går i baklås
Makes me feel that I didn't concentrate enough and let everybody, including myself, down. Makes me feel lazy and off topic. IF its a show. Sloppy rehearsals is ok. You gotta have them.
I think it depends on the intensity required in the performance, if it's a more relaxed thing or just singing and dancing I will be annoyed but probably get over it (this is only the case now after years of working against thinking I have to be perfect) but if it's an intense show or scene requiring a lot of emotional elasticity or ensemble work and I feel scattered or unfocused I will really struggle and feel like I let others and myself down.
I feel that I might not have performed well.
It makes me feel amazing. What i try to achieve every time. But it also feels like a failiure when i am not there.
Non_ADHD actor answers
makes me annoyed and even more scatterminded
Jag tänker att jag har teknik som gör att jag inte behöver vara i flow för att vara "bra".
Jobbar aktivt med att ha strategier kring det, tex, inte känna mig dålig pga onärvarande eller fastna i en negativ tanke. Blev mer störd av det tidigare, nu jobbat mkt med acceptans. Men känner mig sämre än annars.
I just try to stay in the situation and accept
Icke närvarande, jag måste göra något för att finna mig i stunden. En liten paus eller ett djupt andetag brukar räcka. Jag har inte så stora problem med att finna it själv i situationen ifall jag blir avbruten av tankar eller annat fokus. Om jag blir det får jag skuldkänslor men de går snabbt över.
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I don't experience a problem drifting focus while on stage or on set.
It doesn´t stress me so much as it used to do when I was younger. You can´t be in the flow always. I just have to power through those days when I feel boring, tired, I´ve got no idea to make a scene interesting. Those days you may feel like you´re a disappointment to the whole ensemble and the director.... but that is part of the job, to work through it.
Jag tillåter mig oftare och oftare att vara ofokuserad i scen… under repetitionerna.
Obekväm, prestigeångest, skuldkänslor
It can make me feel frustrated and like a failior. I either get angry at myself or extreamly sad.
Jag har ofta parallella tankar medans jag gör saker. Jag är van, och försöker hålla fokus.
något oansvarig
I feel like I could have done better. As actors I think we're always searching for that unattainable magical flow moment where we completely inhabit and become the character, so I try to not be too hard on myself knowing that it's not going to happen. We have to be okay being ourselves as the character, and rarely do the feelings of how we did and how people perceive how we did correlate.
I can be calm with being scatterfocused a bit during rehearsal infront of the director, but can be stressed out during a show if I can't focus on being in the situation right here and now. The feeling of underperforming on stage leaves me with fear of not getting new opportunities and jobs in the future.
Blir Stressad. Kan få plötslig hjärtklappning när jag inser att mitt fokus dalar. Det blir ofta en kick som får mig att ta tillbaka rätt koncentration. ett sätt är att tvinga mig själv till att begränsa mitt fokus till min motspelare för att komma tillbaka till det rum jag behöver befinna mig i för att inte tappa fokus.
That I need to have more work done to the scene to be able to keep focus so its only 70-30
It depends on the task but it will eventually be exhausting.
Its ok.
Concious , restless, meaningless , bad acting but sometimes relaxed /indifferent
Sometimes II am not that focused because of a boring director otherwise I am very focused
Usually there are periods of flow-focus and periods of disturbance - it's like that always. Of course I want to be totally in the play and in the situation and in my acting, but then someone in the audience goes to the bathroom or sneezes or, I see one of my props is not on it's place and at the same time I'm acting I'm thinking of how to solve problems and not pleasant but that's reality. If I'm out of focus and I cannot get in to what I'm suppose to do - I feel bad, but if I'm trying to solve problems that appears and working against outside disturbance, I don't feel bad. The goal is magical flow of course.
I feel uncomfortable. I wan´t to be present, for me it means that I am concentrated on what I am doing - it depens on if I understand what the director means and if I feel that I can perform what is required from me. Well - it can happens when I not feel safe, and start to think about myself as an actor instead of the actingsituation. Or If I start to think about the play more like an director myself...
I don’t feel that way.
Getting a bit tensed but since I´ve worked for a bunch of years by now I´ve learned to accept thoughts coming and going
Jag försöker låta mötet med publiken och medskådespelare ge mig och min karaktär närvaro. Jag använder mig av min splitvision/dagdrömmeri istället för att försöka motarbeta den.
It doesnt make me feel anything. I am what i am.
I think it´s just normal and might depend on other factors in life.
I try to stay in the moment, being open to impulses and reacting to them.
Oprofessionell till viss del men då brukar jag oftast också försöka vara ärlig med att berätta om den känslan.
I want to be as much focus as possible
Förut fick jag dåligt samvete, men nu, med ålder och arbetad tid känner att jag hanterar det lättare och inte lägger så stor vikt vid att jag inte kan fokusera precis hela tiden.
No one can find the magical flow every time. I use technics to be able to act my part as well as usual.
Jag försöker att inte värdera det, utan accepterar att det händer och försöker fokusera hårdare på situationen eller uppgiften. Erfarenheten har lärt mig att det inte nödvändigtvis måste innebära att prestationen blir sämre ur åskådarens perspektiv. "Glöm den misslyckade bollen och fokusera på en ny serve!"
jag dömer mig inte men försöker lyssna o vara närvarande o ta några djupa andetag
I feel guilty for not being focused on what’s in front of me
It makes me feel terrible, like it is a sign that I`ḿ not good enough. I have a tendency to not believe enough, and feel like I have got one leg "outside" of the situation, and one leg "inside", my thoughts around this is that I am afraid to "jump in" to the acting rehearsal/performing state of flow, loss of control. I am also easily disturbed by movements and sound, but the moments I jump in to the imaginary situation totally, all of that is gone, because time stops to exist. A very pleasant feeling, but hard to achieve.
I allow it to happen
It should not enter your mental space during acting
Jag tänker inte så mycket på det. Försöker bara fortsätta arbeta. Kanske konstaterar att det inte är som jag vill att det ska vara…
I think every thought that passes through your mind at stage is relevant and shouldn't get censored. compare to meditation let the thoughts pass don't judge.
Jag tycker oftast att det känns helt okej, blir inte orolig över det. Det är såklart härligt att vara i ett flow, men ser det också som en del av hantverket som skådespelare att kunna prestera och vara närvarande utan att måsta vara i flow för det.
I accept, breathe, stay in the now and think that it is how it is. No worries.
Unfocused
No big deal. We are still rehearsing, exploring possibilities.
All thoughts are good.
Jag tycker om att gå in i arbetet och vad det väcker för överraskande konstnärliga uttryck. Spännande!
Pretty used to it by now. When I was younger I thought I wasn't "a real" actor, but now I consider it completely normal to go in and out of focus.
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Nothing special
I’m a professional. This does not concern me.
Jag är ok med det, det är abslutely good enough att vara koncentrerad. Det är ett arbete inte nåt flum.
Jag är oftast fokuserad och inne i det planerade nuet. Hade svårare med fokus när jag varit deprimerad och blev då mer ledsen när ofokuset kom.
Horrible. Like a fraud. If it doesn't consern the play of course, like if something goes wrong and has to be fixed. Very much imposter syndrome.
non-ADHD-actor answers
too hard to answer
Art på engelska för mig är brett, som konst på svenska. För att summera kortfattat här tänker jag att det är något som någon har skapat för att få andra människor att uppleva det. Förutom det självklara som scenkonst kan det också vara hantverk och grafitti.
Estetisk tolkning av samtiden som saknar bruksvärde (brukas på annat vis än det estetiska)
Art is life.
Att försöka påverka någon emotionellt på en avtalad plats, i ett avtalat rum och/eller på en avtalad tid.
any creative work of a human being, a form of expressing oneself.·
A creation in a wide definition where the goal is for it to be experienced of some form of audience.
Art is communication! Took me a long time to figure this out....that´s why I get so frustrated if the audience doesn´t seem to listen. And that´s why I ned a live audience, or a camera, the art doesn´t happen if there´s no one receiving it, and giving energy back. (Yes this is weird, but a camera gives something back....do not ask me how haha!!)
Ett hantverk som syftar till att lyfta fram våra inre subjektiva världar och upplevelser samt att förnya vårt sätt att betrakta världen både kollektivt och individuellt.
Kärlek, smärta, nödvändigt
In my eyes, art can almost be anything. Everything that gives others emotions, thoughts or imitates what's around us is art. Acting, painting, photagraphy, dancing, sculptures, writing, building, makeup, fashion... I could go on forever! My favourite kind of art is the one that can change the world for the better and maybe make people motivated to change or be more open.
Ett utbyte mellan avsändare och mottagare. En inbjudan till att bevittna ett arbete.
att skapa intressanta bilder, ljud, tankar, visoner som leder en vidare
Human expression that can be pretty much anything as long as it expresses something that we feel within ourselves.
Art is our way of sharing eachothers different experiences of the world we live in to eachother. It's about understanding and connecting.
Allt som är ett kreativt utkast.
The way to describe what can not be described in a way that gives hope
A depiction of certain perspectives of life/experiences, shared or made to be able to be observed/experienced by others.
Something expressed thrue body, voice, colour, shape, picture,materia, movement, smell, tone (and more) and recieved, interpreted, seen, heard by a human being.
Freedom , inner soul, heart , communication
Theater, film, singing, painting, improvising ,
Research. Years of practice. Inner emotions, thoughts, needs to come out
Art is a way to express oneself often for other people to take part of - to listen to, look at, feel, think about, sometime even to participate. It can content whatever you want. I think Art is totally free. Theres is no right or wrong. It is what it is. And if there is an audience - they are also free to think and feel whatever they want. Art can be so many different things - but I think that It has to be made by an human beeing. Nature is not art. Sound is not art in it self.
To make something from nothing.
Art is in the eyes/thoughts/ heart of the beholder
Att gestalta mänsklig erfarenhet.
What you need to express in a fashion that is not only words
The expression of oneself through artistic mediums such as dance, acting, writing, painting, music and so on.
Art is communication.
Olika. Allt som påverkar människor och får de att tänka, ta med sig och återkomma till upplevelserna är konst. Allt kan vara konst, inget behöver vara konst.
Your own typ of performance, the "art" that you work with, train for etc
Stor fråga! Kortfattat: Konst är en konstnärs spegling av tillvaron för att göra den mer förståelig, intressant med mera, eller för att ställa frågor och kanske provocera andra medmänniskor till eftertanke.
Trying to share something of your human core to others
Konst är människans sätt att med hjälp av sin fantasi i bild, text, tal, musik och fysisk gestaltning försöka beskriva och förstå varats komplexitet och dess alla aspekter. Konsten hjälper människan att hantera allt från vardagliga bekymmer till den existentiella ångesten över livets meningslöshet och den väntande döden. Konsten förhöjer livskänslan.
Att kunna omforma en tanke eller känsla, i bild eller rörelse eller toner eller i ord. att berätta något på olika sätt och i olika former
Putting a light on something and create interest
The expression of the soul about what it is like to be human and how you see the world and yourself and other beings in this world. A way to awaken the spirit in human beings. A mirror- important to ask oneself- what are you mirroring, what do you want to mirror?
Being
Acting is also a kind of art that practically to reach the magical flow the actors have to use two methods; Stanislavsky and Meisner
Gestaltande av livet eller bristen på det…
a projection space for an audience to reflect there own minds.
Något som någon/några skapar med hjälp av sin fantasi och som andra kan betrakta/ta del av.
Something in opposition to nature and facts
Art is use imagination and creativity as tools to present another form of life alternative. And have the audience to react to it.
Art is creating, exploring, giving, communicating.
A political and interaktive action.
Personlig tolkning av situationer och företeelser genom ett konstnärligt uttryck.
altered state of reality performed by someone trained in the field. Artist aim to communicate the wordless reality we all know and share.
öööö
Konst är ett sätt att vila och återhämta sig från verklighet och stenhård logik.
An act of expression with the purpose of beauty and or defiance without the need to be defined
Egensinnighet Kreativitet Att tänka och experimentera annorlunda ARBETE
Att på valfritt sätt uttrycka, skapa ngt eller gestalta en/flera tankar , åsikter, händelser, känslor, abstrakt eller konkret
Creating things that can be noted by any of the 5 senses, creating an emotional understanding and empathy beyond the logical one, without the audience having to be actively interactive with the piece.
Two questions about art:
First:
What is your current definition of "art"?
some creative output based on a strong impulse
A creative endeavor in one of the mediums considered to be "the arts" that has an intention to express something and/or convey an emotion.
Art is a language, through which one speaks of feelings, ideas and behavior etc.
Everything
Hjälp till expansion
Communicating by other means.
How humans process and analyse the abstract nature of being alive; beauty, hardship, thoughts that are hard to express, and society. Art lifts and highlights the human experience through different microscopes.
Bilde künstler – rede nicht!
Stories, feelings, visual or audiable happenings that ought to wake up the art and human with in the audience. Composition. Esthetics.
Two questions about art:
Second:
How would you currently define the "art of acting"?
Bringing the expressions of the actor into the shaping a performance
The art of living truthfully under imaginary circumstances as a form of expression and/or entertainment.
Stepping into a different mind, a different person.
Telling a story in front of people
Vet inte
the craft of bending the perception of a text/space/thought/movement/meaning etc
Emulating human emotion and reactions in a way that helps other recognise and relate to the character. Being able to define and reproduce aspects of others that you might not have in yourself by employing empathy and the study of different techniques to find that character in your voice and body. Being a mirror to the world.
It's not art, it's a craft.
Acting and reacting and do the most interesting and unlikely choices of your character. Be present.
non-ADHD-actor answers
also too hard, sry
Jag översätter det rakt av till konsten att skådespela/agera och för mig är det tekniker du lär dig, erfarenheter du bär på och som du gestaltar på något sätt.
Imitering av det mänskliga livet. Att bli en projektionsyta för de som åskådar/upplever. Att ge sin kropp, röst till ett konstverk och låta det färga helheten.
presens
Att berätta en historia genom att porträttera en karaktär.
An actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium.
The art of performing. The art of playing. The art of giving life to text and/or story, action, fictional persons, animals, creatures, movements and objects under imaginary circumstances in order to be experienced by an audience of some form.
To communicate, again. And it is important that the audience knows the "deal": this is an act, this is a play. You just have to watch it, you are not responsible for what is happening.
Att metodiskt sätta sig in i rollkaraktärens handlingsalternativ för att uppnå dess mål i förhållande till pjäsens ramar och premisser.
Att kunna försätta sig in i ett annat liv, person, känns dennes känslor och kunna uttrycka dem, filterlöst, hämningslöst till din bästa förmåga - och att detta överförs till publiken, så de känner samma känslor och upplevelser som din karaktär. Detta vore ”nirvana” om det uppstår varje gång, en lyx.
Acting in my eyes is a way to escape oneself. It also paints a picture of how life can be or have been (sometimes metaphoricly). It's a window into a new world for the audiance to read between the lines/pictures and make up their own meaning.
Samma som ovan. Men med tillägger att utbytet sker live, arbetet sker i direkt kontakt med mottagaren.
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The art of acting is the exploration of the human condition, a profound study of behavior and psychology that allows actors to reflect the world around them and inspire audiences through storytelling (with a touch of magic).
Acting is the art of giving life to a story. The way of putting someone else shoes on, and try to understand how they think.
Konsten att skådespela är att lita och svara på impulser från sig själv och motspelare där det lirar i ett gemensamt berättande med riktning och aktioner.
To be able to bring us to another world and have all in the room believe it
In the same way.
As before
Being human , exploring inner truth, self, empati, learn about life, teach people , make people feel less lovely and recognize them selfs in someone they watch
There is nothing you can say about that...life is "art of acting"
A lot of hard work, discipline, fantasy, empathy, curiosity, courage and "let go"
The art of acting...hm...I think it is when you in a way leave your ego and open your mind to another level of consciousness. You chose it, to transform yourself in to another person or in to another being. You give from your self to another person - your co-actor, ensemble and your audience. And at the same time you open up for what happens in the room - from the other actors and from the audience. I think It is a choice. And often it is a need to do this, for the actor. You feel more alive. And to be focused is a good feeling. And it is a part that is linked to be listened to and express yourself..Not everyone want to be an actor...
To be able to feel the way a character feels and to do what that character does.
The ability to completely use yourself - meet the text or the item and let the unexpected evolve between these two : "me" and the "item"
Att gestalta mänsklig erfarenhet utifrån överenskommelsen om en lånad illusorisk tid.
Move outside your comfortzone
To become one with a character and tell their story.
in theatre is about listening and answering: not only with the script but with all your senses, to your partner, the room and the audience.
Att isätta sig en annan person eller varelses värld, liv och känslor.
How you create, practice and prepere yourself for the stage
Oj också stor fråga! Hmmmm: skådespelaren utgör en del av verket i teatern. Den som är inuti verket och gör så att en föreställning händer här och nu i mötet med publiken.
Being in 'now', while telling a story/sharing thoughts and emotions of a theme
Skådespelaren är åskådarens ställföreträdare, som på scenen/i rummet gestaltar människans olika aspekter av tillvaron. Det gör hen med hjälp av en mängd olika tekniker och uttryck. Tekniker som det krävs utbildning och träning för för att de ska få störst uppskattning och verkan.
när konstnären använder sig av alla sinnen o hela sin kropp och vill förmedla något
Being good at the craft that is acting
Identification, to put yourself in another being's shoes. Dialogue with words or without words, communication, relating.
Craft and timing
Acting feels realistic, believable, surprising/ Jack Nicholson / charismatic which means it’s subtle and nuanced but still indicates complex interior states. Actors who perform with nuance can convey complicated emotions and intricate details with a single understated glance.
Konsten att levandegöra fiktion
The possibility to enhance the environment around us.
Att med sin kropp och röst ge gestalt åt tankar, text, liv.
Being in contact with the text and my inner being at the same time as the story evolves.
Incarnating the words written in a Teater or movie manuscript.
The art of acting is the art of creating a true embodiment of another human being.
Weight, Space, Time and Flow and with these grounding elements handle an audience.
Ett hantverk inom konsten. Olika konstnärligt uttryck för att beskriva och gestalta människan i olika situationer. Teater, rörelse, dans, sång, mm
Performer has talent and technical skills to "suggerera" an audience. Knowledge and physical skills to "gestalta". Actor has a real interest in becoming, to be.
ööööö
Det är att kunna levandegöra individer och kanske idéer
The study and expression of human life: personal and political
Egensinnighet Kreativitet Att tänka och experimentera Nöta in fysiskt minne ARBETE
Typ samma som ovanstående men med tillägg att använda sin kropp, sina sinnen, erfarenheter, själv, hjärta...hela sitt jag för att skapa det där "verket" (karaktären, pjäsen..)
Being the vessel for the previous answer. Giving up myself for a while for the opportunity to tell another life's story, with the privilege and demand to not be boring by using my trained imagination och body/voice control.
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i think the feeling of a safe(r) space is very important to be able to investigate certain scenes, feelings, charachter work etc
Jag använder själv olika sätt för att få ut det mesta av en text, oavsett om det är en faktatext eller ett manus. Det kan t ex vara färgpennor som dessa. Att förstå någon annans koder är dock svårt.
Slår an tankar jag själv haft nyligen om sårbarhet på scen. Har tidigare kämpat för att va självklart självsäker på scen men insett att det är det sårbara och skaviga som ju är vackert, intressant, speglingsbart. Att ta fram allt sånt i varandra under en process vore ju ultimat. En regissör sa nyligen att teatern är för oss freaks som inte riktigt funkar i andra sammanhang och jag tror det stämmer på något vis; men känns som att det ställs högre o högre krav på "normalitet" än tidigare.
I don't want too read all that but I use coulers a lot my self
Platsen av kärlek måste även finnas inom dig. Vissa skulle kanske kalla det ”självförtroende”, men min upplevelse av människor med ADHD är att de ofta lever med en bild av att de är okapabla eller ”dåliga” på att göra många saker som kan anses vara nödvändiga för yrket. Gissar att det är svårt att visa sig sårbar om man ofta fått höra att man är ”fel” som man är och har en diagnos att referera till. En diagnos som kanske ofta kan kännas som att den är utanför ens makt att kontrollera.
That it was a confusing picture. I was not motivated enough to give it the time I would have needed to fully comprehend it.
Hmm, if I start with the second part about my artistic process: I have it easier to relate to the words "vulnerability, trust, respect, kindness, affection" in the acting process, than "love". It might be that love is often given blindly, no-matter-what, sort of? And specifically as a woman, the acting world can be really "suck you dry" if you just give blindly! I have a feeling that asking me to love would be to ask to much? Also, I grapple with the words "room for failure". I absolutely understand it in rehearsal! I´ve done some clown-technique, and clown-shows, and seen very good clownshows. They talk alot about "go in and fail", and I do not really get it.... I´ve seen lovely collegues do lovely clown-work, and also in front of paying audiences! But I still need to feel "safe", in what I finally bring to the audience. I´ve been learning more improv though, so I´m working on that. The second question, in relation to ADHD/NPF: I don´t think about it, not to begin with, I believe. I still have to process every role in what do they want, need, why do they act/say like they do. Sometimes, after a while, I might get a feeling of "hmmm maybe this person is on the spectrum", but I still have to do the same work.
Varje grupp, varje individ, varje möte är olika och kräver olika sätt att vara, för att uppnå den trygghet som behövs för att skapa bra konst. Om någon har en diagnos eller inte är underordnat det som behövs. Medvetenhet om allas olika förutsättningar hjälper.
Jag kan inte relatera till ADHD, men beskrivningen/definitionen känns mycket rätt, vilken jag kan hålla med om.
I feel like a lot of people with NPF are very hard on themselves. I, for example, am very afraid of failing and not being good enough. It's scary to be vulnerable. To work 120% because you can't focus even when you really try and to then fail. Failure comes often when you have a brain who works against you sometimes. And having to swim faster than everybody else and still not get to the finishline is painful. But I have learned that failure and being vulnable is what have made me grow the most as an actor. Because that's when I 1. Learn the most and 2. am the closest to my feelings and creativity. Instead of hating myself I try to love myself, just as much as I love acting, so that my vulnarbility grows down like roots into the ground and I grow upwards.
Att branschen måste jobba på att försäkra att rummen vi jobbar i (replokal, scen etc) är trygga och inkluderande.
I can't really say about ADHD/NPF as it's not something that I deal with myself, but I think it rings true. To be at our very best as people we need to feel safe in the environment that we're working in.
Love is definitely important in the working environment that we are in. Feeling safe makes me so much more open to explore and improve as an actor, makes it easier to show more of myself.
Möjligen att det är ännu viktigare för någon med en neuropsykiatrisk funktionsnedsättning att få dessa förutsättningar för att kunna leverera utan hämningar. Inte ovanligt att någon med adhd upplever högre grader av ångest och panikångest. Är rummet då tryggt och fyllt av kärlek och skaparglädje där inget döms som bra eller dåligt, utan som en nödvändig process för att hitta slutresultatet, skulle risken för ångest eventuellt kunna minska.
It is true for everyone everywhere-love and feel safe is neccesary
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It confuses me. Think its helpful for others.
Freedom , visdom, the way through life , understanding about myself , my neighbour and the world. Wouldt understand it in another way
The blue
Very true. Unfortunately there are rarely these circumstances during work.
well I want to be open for peoples different way of feeling and thinking about create something together. I want to learn more about it - adhd/npf . Love and trust - trust and love and respect - how can we make this happen...it is always my question, and I try to answer it every time I start a project, which is many times a year. especially when I direct and teaches.
It feels like a mess.
It makes me curious
Rummet behöver vara öppet och lyhört. Är det öppet och lyhört försvinner möjligt förtryck. Det räcker som grund för att skapa. Kärleksbudskap har tendens att hindra kärlek.
Confused.
I agree that you need to be vulnerable to create art, especially theatre where you become one with a character.
I have worked sometimes as a director and actor with actor in the ADHD spectrum and the approach is as I defined up here, listening and answering, to each and every actor with what they give me.
I don't know
For me, blurry for someone else a key to find the order or focus of the task
Jag tänker att tryggheten och tilliten att jag duger och till och med är toppen som den skruttiga lilla människa jag är, är det som gör att kreativiteten kan flöda på ett modigt och stakrkt sätt.
Yes, it makes, sense
Jag tänker att personer med ADHD/NPF kanske i ännu högre grad behöver ett tryggt och tillåtande rum för att kunna prestera så bra som möjligt. Men att det borde vara självklart för allt skapande.
SÅ viktigt att det i en grupp(t.ex teater-danshögskola), ska finnas en stämning av kärlek o fokus på den som f.t.har ordet-aktionen. så man kan visa sin sårbarhet men också sin lust eller ilska osv.Att inte döma eller ironisera el dyl. Utan med öppet sinne och vakna ögon följa det som sker
Can’t focus on the text because of the colors and it will take me too much time to try and get the meaning of it so I’ll simply pass on this one (sorry, I’m selfish and short of time)
So very true! I think EVERYBODY needs this.
No idea
Sorry I can't help you
Jag håller nog delvis med. Men det är även svårt att läsa med dom olika färgerna😂
Love is good
Jag tänker till att börja med på att såhär borde det vara i alla konstnärliga processer, och inte minst i de fall vissa deltagare har diagnoser av något slag.
I zone out.
Positively
This image is disturbing and chaotic for me, it disturbes my concentration.
Interaction with your audience is essential- I have to take a stand and the risk of losing.
Vikten av att skapa ett tryggt rum för att skapande av konst. Jag är intresserad av att hitta uttryck och gestaltning av den komplexa människan på scen Jag vill ge plats för individuella nakna uttryck som kan bli igenkännbara.
To many words, don't seek your answers in academic texts, explore with your body and presence.
ööööö
Gör mig nervös
No comment
Gillar det. Jag tror att jag egentligen har ADHD eller liknande, hade jag varit barn idag hade jag definitivt fått den diagnosen
Jag förstår inte frågan riktigt. Syftar du på texten eller highlighter-färgerna? Skulle behöva mer text för att förstå sammanhanget tror jag
That I also just want to work. I think I want the above, but it's also very theoretical. I want fun and respect and that people jump to the sky over mine and the others ideas. But that might be love. Guess it depends on what love is.
How does this image above make you think in relation to ADHD/NPF and Acting and/or your ARTistic Processes?
To feel safe and secure is important in all professions. Good emotional environments bring out a magic buzz in ensembles. NPF:s and actors' emotionally based work can make these environments stronger but also more vulnerable. Much of the good buzz of a working environment goes away if there is too much protocol, but productions can benefit greatly from spending time to set up a safe environment for all.
That I don't think I fully agree. It is ideal, but when you feel hated and misunderstood and have reason to be unhappy, the artistic expression can be forced to explode out of you to seek understanding och validation out of the need to make those who see you negatively see you in the light of your truth.
It is completely true! An insecure environment takes away all joy and confidence.
To much to think about now
Eget ansvar
In relation to my Npf- nothing but overall I agree.
It basically sums up everything I feel is beautiful about artistic processes and environments. Theatre school as a teenager was the first time I felt this in a wider context than my family because artists tend to be more accepting and able to think outside the box, just like those of us with ADHD. It felt like coming home. This is also something that we've had as a core value in my theatre company (run by two women with ADHD), that we have love, compassion and safety at the core of what we do and how we work.
We are not allowed to be vulnerable when we work.
That I am amazing given the right structures and challenges. And also feel really bad and get ill when I try to work under the wrong conditions. I have a lot to bring to the table and I am a really good person to work with. I should not look down on myself for needing adaptions, for when I give, I give double the energy and ideas than the others.
Got many commens about how confusing the colour schematic was on this one, and also that it was a bit vauge (because I now see that I should have shown her whole defintion too (like in the master thesis)... but I got lots of nice answers either way <3
to not let my inner demon director free
öppenhet - så att jag är öppen mot mig själv och mina medspelare (och publiken om det är föreställning)
Ja en publik som svarar - tex skrattar eller gråter
Be together and learn the lines really good. Read the hole script many times. Listen so you know what you are answering
Självförtroende
Becoming the character, be in the moment all the time and LISTEN.
Emotional understanding of character, story and/or situation.
Well, I think I need the director to just back the off in the final day. Do NOT come to the changing room and give me some final notes the hour before we start.....My brain will not have time to process it. It will just make me tense up and start wondering "what does she mean, how much does it change my scenes, I thought I did that already" and blah blah...just leave me the fuck alone, I´m the one going out meeting the audience, they can´t hold my hand out there.
Lust att berätta
Att jag känner mig 100% trygg med min karaktär och tror på vad den vill.
To feel safe with my team. If we all cheer on each other and be there for each other when things are hard. Shit always hits the fan at the end of the process and that's when you need each other the most. An audiance that gives feedback by reacting or just hearing what they found interesting is always good too. You become blind to your own project so easily, so an outside eye is always appreciated. The last thing is a mantra my teacher tought me. "GÖR DET BÄTTRE SJÄLV DÅ!" Because sometimes the critics are hard. That does NOT mean you are bad. Don't give up. The show must go on.
Att veta vad jag gör, att känna att jag har koll på scenerier, text, etc.
livserfarenhet, lust, att känna mig intressant (både för andra men framförallt för mig själv)
Being calm and relaxed. No held body tensions and a clear mind.
Finding focus between me and my co actors is the most important. A clear scene objective as well.
Finns förstås många saker som kanske är likvärdigt viktiga. Men ska jag bara välja en: Att rummet jag jobbar erbjuder tid och högt i tak, så att jag som skådespelare får möjlighet att landa i situationen jag ska berätta om, se min aktion och landa i mitt fokus. Samt att det inte förväntas att jag ska leverera färdiga resultat från första försök.
That I think it fun and that I trust the people around me
To feel safe. To be present with the material.
1..Being in the situation.2.be prepared
Listen
Script and an understanding and listening director
A working material - text or situation that is well made/prepared. If I get inspired of the material, if I feel it's relevant and important it so much easier to do it and to do it well. I need to get myself engaged. Why be on stage if I have nothing important to say.
Focus and support from the other people on stage - my ensemble, and if camera all the crew especially the director and that we have had enough time to rehearse so I know well what I´m doing
Self awareness
Ett spelbart objective som inkluderar den ev. andre
Att förstå vad min karaktär vill och bli påverkad av andra karaktärers vilja.
Listen to what is said and respons to that.
Knowing my character so that no matter what happens I can improvise and feel comfortable with doing the character justice.
Clear objective and audience response, but also being able to improvise and respond to a changing situation, theatre is a living phenomena, a real and in the moment exchange of impulses from all directions
Förkunskap om det som ska göras. Väl inläst på manus och karaktär och relationer med andra.
Trust for/in your partner/yourself and confidence in the process, meaning it takes time
Ett stabilt och rent golv.
Arbetsro
Det viktigaste för mig är att jag är trygg med texten/rörelserna och att jag väl känner situationen och vad jag/vi vill uttrycka.
ATT HA FÖRBERETT MIG:värmt upp kroppen, andningen och rösten, kopplat bort livet utanför.
A safe environment socially
Relaxation and a very important task, that is felt both by the mind and the soul. An acceptance of the risk of failure and the possibility to succeed.
Improvisation
Try to imitate the greatest actors; Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Dany Lewis, etc
En situation och välskrivna repliker. När det gäller film skulle jag även addera tillräckligt få repliker
situation (the understanding of the scene)
Förberedelsetid
Contact
To listen
Being able to answer the question: What is her objective?
Listening.
Koncentration, förberedelse inför arbetet och inte en massa ovidkommande störningar.
good directions + scenerier, to be sure of what i'm doing, physical and vocal warm-up, responsive audience, enjoying my scenerier in an almost choreographed way, rythm between me and co-actors on stage.
ööööö
En bra text
A kind work environment
Disciplin. OCH Få råd att fixa mina (köpa nya)tänder.
Tryggt rum där jag känner att det jag gör ,är och ,kan är uppskattat och värderas positivt.
Clear förutsättningar. Knowing what story we're telling. Being able to hold on to the imaginative room.
What would you say is the single most important acting device for YOU to be able to be a good actor.
Could be anything from a clear scene objective, to a responsive audience, to not having any blisters or small wounds on your body - what ever is the most important thing for YOU to be able to perform well on stage/infront of the camera.
Being prepared
A clear objective and solid understanding of the character and situation, along with good scene partner who shows up to the same level.
A safe, non-judgmental environment, and a clear objective.
Don't worry to much
Kunna mina repliker utan och innan
conviction
For me it's always been the physicality. LABAN was life-changing for me. That and lots of other work I've done around my own relationship and presence in my body. Acting can get very intellectual, and that's good cause a lot of who we are is in our heads but what really unlocked things for me was finding that balance with using my body as as much as a tool as my mind and voice.
To feel safe in an environment where it's okay to fail.
Working with a challenging and interesting material and with colleagues that I like.
they were actually pretty similar, laughed more in the second
Kunde inte göra den rent praktiskt just nu, men förstår tanken och tycker att det är bra. Mycket är så enformigt idag, speciellt på tv/film, hur man "ska" agera, prata, låta, se ut osv osv.
Skönt att inte kolla in i kameran!!!!
I loved nr 2
Den andra versionen är oftast så jag gör. Den första blir stel, tråkig och är inte alls jag. I en sån situation är castaren mer intresserad av vem jag egentligen är, och det är som du skriver: ”Finns inga fel svar”, samma regel tänker jag gäller med en presentation.
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The second one was better and more fun to do.
Haha it was fun! I usually do not have any problems doing selftapes, and I think my movements, and talking a bit extra and leaving the script is just personality, and makes the presentation better. When you move around they see more of you, hear different voicequalities. So both the films were quite ok in temperament i think.... but I would not send the second one, haha! It was a little bit to messy!
Jag är för okoncentrerad för att göra denna övning rättvisa Jag står över den a gång. Tack
Både läskigt och befriande. Man är ju van att hålla sig till en viss mall, men nu gavs jag möjligheten att bre ut mycket mer och förhoppningsvis ge castaren en mindre stereotypisk bild av mig. Men, med det sagt måste egentligen känna till castarens preferenser, innan man gör en sådan utvikning, så man trycker på rätt ”knappar”. Min känsla är att ju mer etablerad man är som skådespelare, desto större spelutrymme ges denne skådespelare. Detta kan också vara en stor fördom jag har - och därmed helt fel.
I realized how tense I was in the first one. Trying to look and act so professional that I became a boring statue. In the second one I had pauses, I laughed, lost focus when the cat jumped on the table but could also show a more fun version of myself and the fun "acting" personality I have where I akways make different faces, voices and dialects. I would personally be more interested in the second one, but would never have the confidence to send that audition tape to anyone.
Inte så mycket, för att kumna "vara mig själv" måste jag förbereda mig innan jag spelar in.
Kändes lite friare när jag inte behövde sitta still och stirra in i kameran hela tiden. Kan dock förstå att det kan bli lite ofokuserat för den utomstående som ska titta på det sen...
I felt like I was just talking without a clear objective haha, it was kind of hard to stick to the talking points and keeping it under 1 minute.
Noticed I had a hard time not moving at all when filming the first film. It felt more relaxed to do the second film but probably would send the first one to a caster since it feels in my mind more like what they are after.
Första är enklare då det är så tydliga riktlinjer. Andra är enklare för att jag bara kan vara mig själv, men ger mig mer prestationsångest när jag tittar på då det bara är jag. (mycket bekvämare att vara någon annan, i en roll när det filmas och ska tittas på)
More fun to do the last one, feels more me
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I didn't do it.
Sorry Too tired
It depends, sometimes I move around and improvise which I am very good at
Nr 2 makes me freer. The presentation is the worst in selftape situations
Fun! VeryFun! I like it. It felt liberating and yes, fun! I hate that conventional presentations it makes people so boring and doesn´t show the best sides of a person! And on the other side - it took me away from the questions - the time past away quicklely but I felt more like myself!
It felt like to different people.
The first is more collected and "beige". The other one was funnier to do, more personal, more "crazy".
Om jag får vara mer rörlig i mitt inre och yttre blir det lättare.
The second one was done by me. The first one wasnt me.
The first one felt like acting as myself and the second one felt like being myself.
I didn't do the casting assignment, I'm not looking for a job, have enough with what I have. I work with Commedia: clown, masks and puppetry both as actor, puppeteer, mask maker, teacher, clown and director. You can see my groups homesite, www.commediagillet.com, and my own: www.commediagillet.com/cabrera
Skönt att vara mer lössläppt i den andra, en lärdom till vad som ändå kan användas i en ytterligare casting-film.
sorry, i didn´t do this
Skoj! Under den andra tagningen kröp jag ihop på stolen (har svårt att sitta "vanligt") och kände mig rätt mycket friare. Log mer och skrattade. Men jag var möjligen lite otydligare under den andra tagningen. Fick inte med lika mycket information.
Didn't have time to do this in practice
Det var mycket roligare att göra andra varianten! Men samtidigt for tanken genom huvudet att hur kommer det att tas emot av castaren...
jag orkar inte.Är inte vän med dessa apparater
Not much. I feel safe in the first situation and feel most comfortable doing the second video about the same as the first one.
I hate these self tapes, can take them anymore because of this presentation part.
Sorry I did not do the task. I did not wan’t to, maybe because I hate auditions.
Fantastically good, it was very inspiring and imaginative
Den andra kändes mer personlig, men kanske för splittrad för att jag skulle vilja skicka den
I didnt perform the task.
Ledsen att jag inte hade möjlighet att göra denna del av enkäten!
I cheated. It was too much
I liked number 2 mostly. Felt free and it was fun to feel free.
I absolutely HATE this kind of assignment. Both these alternatives make me extremely uncomfortable. I avoid it at all costs.
As every casting situation it’s just a chance for me to show some part of myself and I do not care if I get the part (job) or not. The producer and director just wan’t the right face and body. And I do not know a shit what that is.
Påminner mig om att jag kan "dra iväg" i samtal och måste lugna ner mig för att vara närvarande.
almost the same actually. Found it hard to deviate that much...
öööööö
Jag kände mig mer fri och kunde visa mer av mig själv
I don’t want to do this
Mycket mer bekväm när jag får bete mig som jag vill och är
Blev mycket mer mig själv i film 2. Luddigare i vad jag sa, tittade bort myckey mer ofukserad på uppgiften men mycket mer naturlig.
I thought it was a bit cringe and got mad about doing the same thing twice (even though it wasnt the same), but it was a lot of fun and made me speak very highly of myself!
What did this little casting assignment do for you?
No wrong answers, feel free to elaborate on your answer.
I was tired of the questionnaire so I did none of them. In the beginning I checked for ADHD but I didn't check for actor since it was some time since I did any work. The questionnaire then set me up as a non ADHD actor (clearly wrong), so I backed out and clicked Yes on the acting question. Then I filled in my answers as well as I could from memories of my earlier work. I have never done video castings and I am not sure I would. The assignment gave me affektionsregleringsproblem.
Since I knew it wasn't real, the first one included me allowing myself some of the things mentioned in step 2. But I went more out there on the second try. It made me remember that sometimes being ones authentic self, no matter how weird, can be preferable to the fake veneer of expectation and can make casting directors actually like you more.
Well, it's evident to me that I'm 100% more interesting and fun in the second video, and much more like myself.
Sorry, skit it. Don't have time.
Mer space in
I couldn´t even do the first one without looking like a crazy person. The second one: much better.
It made me realise how strict I actually am with myself in my head with these things. I am constantly aware of how much I am moving, how my eye contact is and how my voice is controlled. It's a very rehearsed/ masked version of myself which I've always thought of as just being 'professional'. But in the second one I felt I could be a lot more genuine and, to me, this would seem like a much more endearing casting video as you'd really get to see who you're working with. Interesting stuff!
I had a better flow.
It was so joyful and lovely to be free and myself without the pressure of being correct
This was the de-masking (unmasking) exercise in the survey.
Much like the video one but only given with words here.
LAST QUESTION:
Is there something you whish to share with me or think should be talked more about concerning ADHD and acting -- please feel free to share here.
no
Not that I can think of right now.
For me my ADHD actually can be a strong source of energy and creativity. Letting myself go bonkers brings out so much in my acting. But having to mask on a private, social level tends to make it harder to access that source on stage.
No, not now. I will certainly come up with something tonight.
För min del kort arbetsminne
I think a lot more actors than we realise probably have ADHD or other NPF diagnoses. It kind of makes sense - we are masters at masking and we turned that into a career! I mean I even used to joke that I lie for a living/ pretend to be other people for money but actually...there are some pretty profound aspects to that in terms of how our brains work.
I was diagnosed so late in life that it's hard to have an opinion. The most important thing for me is to work in an environment without jargon and permission to make mistakes.
No, glad you’re doing this:)
No
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nope
Nej
I think My energy is always higher then others and maby I got a tuch of ADHD
Nix
Go Alex!
Naahhhhh, as I wrote before, you still have to do the heavy lifting with every role.....what does that person want, why are they in this story/play........that is the same for everyone and every role. I do not know if that answers your question?
Har själv ingen närmare erfarenhet av ADHD, men på samma sätt som man får extra utrymme och hjälpmedel om man är diagnosticerad dyslektiker, så borde bu rimligtvis samma hänsyn tas till dem med ADHD, men individella anpassningar. Jag tror dessutom det kan definitivt berika konsten.
I loved this! I think this is something we should talk about more. Especially since a lot of actors do have ADHD and a lot of them have a very low selfesteem and are too hard on themselves. The mental health damage from that is bigger than most people think...
Jag har själv aldrig fått någon diagnos (tror inte sånt var lika aktuellt att sätta på folk under min barndom) men har lääänge tänkt att jag har många av symtomen (svårt att fokusera på rätt sak, tusen bollar i luften, svårt att veta i vilken ordning jag ska göra saker osv). Dock tror jag att skådespeleriet och teatern, skrivandet hjälpt mig att hitta bättre fokus. Tror också att jag blivit bättre på att hitta struktur genom att jobba med projekt där jag mer eller mindre tvingats producera och hålla i projektet (med känslan och risken att hela projektet faller om JAG inte gör just det).
Not that I can think of right now, no.
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Det är ett intressant ämne att diskutera. Alla har olika förutsättningar och behov, med eller utan diagnos. För att det konstnärliga arbetet ska kunna vara lustfyllt och utvecklande, måste rummet i vilket arbetet sker vara just öppet, tryggt och omfamnade. Och det måste finnas tid och utrymme där alla också har möjlighet att yttra dina eventuella behov. Tex, tydliga tider och ramar. Eller om man gillar mycket regi eller har ett behov att få prova själv först. Etc.
ADHD or not - the balance in the room is always essential to make people feel heard ,seen and that everyone have a safe space, the needs are different and compromises is how we get by in life
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Vvv
No
I would like to tell the director about my ADHD so the they know
Talk about it!
All this questions were so informative and gave me much bth about myself as an actor and about what it is - ADHD. Svenska nu: Såklart det behövs kunskap om detta i branschen. du skulle göra en föreställning - skapa en - med info inbakat o med din fysiska härliga energi. Inte mata på med info...mer situationer kanske...du kanske redan gjort det? För vuxna tänker jag nu - ungdomar vuxna kanske. Tack för den här enkäten.
Not at the moment.
No idea. Good luck with your work!
Min dotter har adhd och hon menar att hon ärvt det av mig. Så jag tänker att det är möjligt att jag har det också. Att ha adhd som skådespelare gör det lättare tror jag att göra det inre och yttre upproret möjligt. Göra uppror mot mina egna förväntningar om hur det borde vara och andras förväntningar om hur det borde vara. En tillgång helt enkelt.
Not currently.
As a theatre director I have worked and work with different actors, each one with their own personality. A few of them in the ADHD spectrum that is a very wide spectrum, for me it is a matter of meeting each one in their own way of being and finding a personal way of communication towards a common goal that is the performance, some of the ADHD actors like to point from the beginning that they have some letters, but I work with individuals, not with letters and, as said, I try to find this way of communication that is different for each person: ADHD or not. ADHD is a very wide spectrum, nearly as wide as each other personality and it poses the same kind of communication problems as the non ADHD individuals, and, as said, it is a matter of finding the personal way of communication.
Mycket intressant!
in work with ADHD people as a director, try to find out more about the person, how that person want to deal with the working process
Inget jag kommer på nu. Bara: Lycka till!
Many of my colleagues that HAVE ADHD are really good in focusing on many things, at the same time (light, sound, audience... ) while acting
Jag har arbetat med flera kollegor som har, eller tror sig ha, ADHD. För mig är det egentligen ointressant - så länge det innebär problem. Jag vill helst inte veta vad min kollega har för diagnos INNAN vi börjar arbeta. Skulle det dyka upp svårigheter under processen kan det förstås vara bra att prata om det, men jag föredrar att möta mina medmänniskor UTAN förutfattade meningar.
Tror ANDningen är den bästa hjälp du kan få. De perioder jag praktiserat Qigong eller yoga eller meditation, har varit mest kreativa och harmoniska .MEN svårt att ensam hitta dit. vi behöver människor, varandra.
Nope
It would be interesting to know more about ADHD actors and their activities in Sweden
Inte direkt tror jag
no
För mig som inte har adhd hade det varit intressant att ta del av upplevelser av skådespelararbetet från de som lever med diagnoser i sitt skådespelaryrke. Prata mer öppet överhuvudtaget om det kanske, att jag också ska våga fråga.
Jag tycker vi talar för lite om hur personerna med ADHD påverkar sin omgivning. Jag har vuxit upp med grav ADHD i min ursprungsfamilj. Förmodligen har jag själv en släng av det men eftersom det finns de i min närhet som har så mycket mer ADHD finns inte plats för mer kaos. Det finns mycket medberoende och lidande som kan utvecklas i skuggan av de ADHDpersoner som aldrig kan ta in andra, visa hänsyn och känna in andras behov. Det är naturligtvis inte alltid så med alla ADHD-personer, men så har det varit för mig. Jag kan verkligen känna mig trött på att stå/hålla tillbaka för att ADHD-personer har så mycket större behov. Det är svårt i kreativa processer.
I have nothing more to add.
It’s not the actor who tries to make itself interesting that is interesting, it’s the interested actor who is interesting.
Inte nu
No.
öööööö
Har inget att tillägga
No.
Medvetenhet hos castare om detta
Först: tack för detta frågeformulär - det känns genomtänkt men samtidigt adhd-fritt i sitt upplägg. Krävde extra mycket av mitt fokus för att förstå vissa frågor. Jag tar med mig lärdom av att rutinmässigt börja tolka karaktärer med eller utan diagnos. I branschen- eller alla branscher- känns allmänt viktigt att få kunskap om den inre värld människor med diagnoser befinner sig i och anpassa processer + öppnare klimat.
I think we need to talk more about women and adhd/ hyper activity. As it's also so stigmatising to talk a lot as a woman at all. I feel like men having adhd need to get more tools and boundaries (as men rarely get the chance to learn how to take responsibility for their way of living everyday life, which can be quite harmful for themselves and others around then) and women need to get more freedom and acceptance for taking up space, as they rarely get that. I think that would help with a lot of anxiety and problems later in life. This DEFINATELY goes for stage work.