Abstract
This article approaches training in relation to the performer's professionalisation and work within the cultural industries. On the basis of the working conditions in the sector, it argues that the cultivation of reflexivity may equip the actor with a hermeneutic attitude and, thus, the possibility of agency. It examines the potential of psychophysical disciplines to develop an embodied and relational form of reflexivity, which can be operative beyond the moment of training and applicable to other aspects of the performer's endeavour. It thus views training and psychophysical disciplines as ‘expert systems’ which need to both be questioned and utilised; due to their position within hegemonic discourses they should be approached with suspicion and due to their potential to cultivate reflexivity they can offer alternatives to enculturated forms of embodiment and fixed identities.
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