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This is the complete guide for actors to the most effective techniques for developing a fully expressive body. It is a comprehensive compilation of established fundamentals, a handbook for movement centered personal growth and a guide to helping actors and teachers make informed decisions for advanced study." -- Back cover.
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"Movement: From Person to Actor to Character is a guide to fundamental movement concepts for actors, teachers, and directors. Mitchell synthesizes the common movement principles of ballet, modern dance, tai chi, yoga, and the Alexander Technique clearly and concisely so they can be taken easily from the classroom setting and applied to work on the stage. The illustrations provide the actor with basic knowledge of the human body's structure and function...
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"In 'Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen, ' Annette Lust provides stage and screen artists with a program of physical and related expressive exercises that can empower their art with more creativity. In this book, Lust provides a general introduction to movement, including definitions and differences between movement on the stage and screen, how to conduct a class or learn on one's own, and choosing a movement style. Throughout the book and...
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Diversity specialist and folklorist Norine Dresser explores how culture affects movement in order to teach actors how to portray characters from different cultures. She outlines differences in behaviors among non-U.S. cultures and introduces multicultural manners. The program covers such topics as greetings, shaking hands, physical contact between the sexes, eye contact, smiling, embracing, and kissing; it emphasizes that acceptable norms vary among...
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The study of acting should begin with physical action-a specialized, structured, flexible and adaptable physical action that is enlisted in the direct service of the expression of thought and feeling. I call this integrated physical action an expressive action.-Michael Lugering. A group of actors work through a series of carefully structured exercises and improvisations that unlock the physical, raw materials that make human expression possible. Whether...
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"The Expressive Actor is a guide to training your body, mind, and spirit to deliver top-notch dramatic performances. Michael Lugering's pioneering approach and exercises synthesize the traditionally disparate disciplines of acting, voice, and movement into one unified method by placing you in direct contact with the physical sensations that are responsible for expressing your body's deepest, richest thoughts and feelings." "Lugering leads you through...
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Inspiring ideas, strategies and methods for adding physical dimension to performance, including interviews, live footage and workshops filmed with leading theater companies. This program shows physical theater companies creating, working, evaluating, planning, devising and discussing their philosophy and practice. It is designed to encourage students to consider and incorporate physicality into their own devised pieces.
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A wealth of strategies and ideas to help create successful ensembles - the essential basis for all performance and team based work. Overcome inhibitions, build trust and improve communication between students and participants with this resource that contains extensive footage of workshops, interviews and comments from some of the world's leading theater practitioners, including Goat Island, Forced Entertainment and Butoh performers.
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This program contains two workshops that provide fantastic examples and guidance designed to encourage students to get more physicality and movement into their own devised pieces. The first provides clear explanations and guidance on how to incorporate the Butoh concepts of the 3D Body, ways of moving, and metamorphosis into student works. The second features multi-award winning director and choreographer Lim Steel demonstrating how to develop movement...
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A guide to the process of creating an original piece of drama. Leading practitioners, including Goat Island, Butoh performers, and Sankai Juku, discuss ways of getting started and introduce the strategies they use to generate ideas, movement and text. The program contains over 120 minutes of edited interviews, demonstrations, rehearsal footage and performance outcome clips, as well as extensive teaching resources that will help you manage the conceptual...
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