Francois Delsarte biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Francois Delsarte

Author Name:

Francois Delsarte

Born As:

François Alexandre Nicolas Chéri Delsarte

Other Names:

Francois Delsarte

Born:

11 Dec 1811

Died:

20 Jul 1871




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Teacher of acting and singing                          
                          
                          
Through his observations he discovered certain patterns of expression, eventually called Science of Applied Aesthetics. This consisted of a thorough examination of voice, breath, movement dynamics, encompassing all of the expressive elements of the human body.                          
By the 1890’s, Delsarte was being taught everywhere, and not always in accordance with the emotional connectivity that Delsarte originally had in mind. No certification was needed to teach a course with the name Delsarte attached, and the study regressed into empty posing with little emotional truth behind it. Stephen Wangh concludes, "it led others into stereotyped and melodramatic gesticulation, devoid of the very heart that Delsarte had sought to restore."