Gestus

Gestus is a dramatic technique developed by the German practitioner Bertolt Brecht, it is essentially the combination of movement and gesture with a certain attitude towards them, it tends to avoid delving into the realms of emotion, making every single gesture significant in some way, making the aim of this technique is to ensure that the audience can tell by the actor’s gestures alone what is happening in the scene. Brecht didn't want his actors being a specific character when on stage, only the type of person they were portraying, for example  the boss who is corrupt and smoking a fat cigar as his workers starve is representative of every boss who profits through the exploitation of others. because of Gestus, the exaggerated movements and vocals used by the actor lead the audience to believe he is "the boss" rather than "Mr Smith", ultimately making them use reason and rationale to determine who is who on stage, fitting in line with Brecht's other theories.