e should never start our performances, and even rehearsals, without having chosen a special point of our method which will become a starting point, a springboard, for our rehearsing and for our performances. It can be anything: Radiation; Atmosphere; Objective; Feeling of the Whole [. . .] having in mind this particular point of our methods, our attention will be concentrated on it, our interest will be awakened, and the feeling of being ‘dry’ or uninspired will disappear immediately.

