The multiplicity of artistic styles in the performance of Iraqi theater actresses (an exploratory study)

The art of acting has developed throughout its performance career throughout the cultural history of this important and effective artistic form in human life, which is a matter through which the performance aspects of acting have developed at the level of sound and movement, and thus producing intellectual and aesthetic values ​​that actors adopt in shaping the theatrical space.

This study has addressed the multiplicity of artistic systems for the performance of the actress in the Iraqi theater and identifying this through a set of mechanisms and techniques that enable her to present a distinctive performance.

In this context, the researcher tried to address this by posing the question of the problem of this study as follows: What are the mechanisms of the actress's performance in the Iraqi theater through which the multiplicity of artistic systems can be achieved in her acting performance?

The aim of the research included revealing how the mechanisms of the artistic systems work multiply for the Iraqi actress. The second chapter included two sections in its theoretical framework. The first section (The concept of artistic systems in philosophy and aesthetics) is an attempt to shed light on defining a general concept of the system from a philosophical and aesthetic perspective. The second section included the vocal and movement systems of the theatrical actor and how to employ it in the show as an integrated system that works to convey multiple systems in a different aesthetic way that lies in its harmony and coherence from the vocal and physical perspective. The third chapter included the research procedures through the observation card (questionnaire) and presenting it to a group of experts to demonstrate the validity and reliability of the questionnaire card, then distributing the questionnaire to the selected actresses.