Exercises for embodied actors: tools for physical actioning
"Exercises for Embodied Actors: Tools for Physical Actioning builds on the vocabulary of simple action verbs to generate an entire set of practical tools from first read to performance that harnesses modern knowledge about the integration of the mind and the rest of the body. Including over 50 innovative exercises, the book leads actors through a rigorous examination of their own habits, links those discoveries to creating characters, and offers dozens of exercises to explore in classrooms and …
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- Full title :Exercises for embodied actors : tools for physical actioning / Scott Illingworth.
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"Exercises for Embodied Actors: Tools for Physical Actioning builds on the vocabulary of simple action verbs to generate an entire set of practical tools from first read to performance that harnesses modern knowledge about the integration of the mind and the rest of the body. Including over 50 innovative exercises, the book leads actors through a rigorous examination of their own habits, links those discoveries to creating characters, and offers dozens of exercises to explore in classrooms and with ensembles. The result is a modern toolkit that empowers actors to start from their own unique selves and delivers specific techniques to apply on stage and in front of the camera. This step-by-step guide can be used by actors working individually or by teachers crafting the arc of a course, ensuring that students explore in physically engaged and dynamic ways at every step of their process"--
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- Publication Date:©2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 205 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781003002819, 1003002811, 9781000037630, 1000037630, 9781000037579, 1000037576, 9781000037609, 1000037606
- oclc:on1137737381
- LC Classification:PN2071.M6
- Dewey Decimal:792.02/8
Table of Contents
Curiosity & attention -- Action -- Translating physical language -- The physical action journal -- Creating palettes -- Diagraming identities -- The pasta maker -- Mapping their world -- Making text physical -- Building bridges to you -- Special circumstances -- With a partner -- With three or more -- Skills gymnasium -- Would Stanislavsky disapprove? -- Will my brain get in my way?
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