To learn more about the history of #contrapposto and how it came to dominate classical aesthetics see Teaching Acting to Singers, pages 25 to 32, freely available to download from Oxford Research Archive: http://dx.doi.org/10.5287/ora-or45d6qb2 #baroque #acting #classical #antiquity #oxford #research #openaccess
Teaching acting to singers: harnessing historical techniques to empower modern performers - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive

This thesis examines how seventeenth- and eighteenth-century acting techniques could be used in conjunction with twentieth- and twenty-first-century theory and praxis to create modern acting tools for the dramatic training of classical singers. Classical singing curricula tend to focus