This work presents the philosophy and teaching methods of Jacques Lecoq, founder of the world-famous International Mime and Theatre School. Lecoq sets out his unique architecture of the body in space and explains his most famous techniques.
"Until his death in 1999, Jacques Lecoq taught indefatigably at his International Theatre School, which he founded in 1956. Here, translated for the first time into English, Lecoq shares his unique philosophy and teaching methods, which together form one of the greatest influenc…
Actors can improve their skills and become more expressive in body and voice by following the teachings of the author of this book, one of the most important movement theorists of the twentieth century. This in depth, fully illustrated guide offers a groundbreaking approach to u…
Actors can improve their skills and become more expressive in body and voice by following the teachings of the author of this book, one of the most important movement theorists of the twentieth century. This in depth, fully illustrated guide offers a groundbreaking approach to u…
Introduction: what can a body do? -- An epistemology of practice -- The invention of postural yoga -- Actors without a theatre -- Gender as technique -- Embodied research in the university In What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for the first time, a rigorous theory of embod…
In What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for a first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that understanding technique as a field of both training and research has much to offer current discussions around the role of practice in the university,…
In What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for a first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that understanding technique as a field of both training and research has much to offer current discussions around the role of practice in the university,…
A Life in Storytelling contains the reflections and lessons from one of the most noted storytellers of our times. The sections of the book are designed to provide background material for the art and craft of storytelling, the methods and uses of storytelling, sources and example…
A Life in Storytelling contains the reflections and lessons from one of the most noted storytellers of our times. 50 years of storytelling has provided Binnie Wilkin with the experiences and insights to form the basis of a text for the storyteller, both for the professional libr…
Expert RADA trainer Lorna Marshall, shows how to recognise and lose unwanted physical inhibitions that our background, education or family have taught us and presents a fundamental re-thinking of our relationship to the body and its role in performance.
Emphasising the primacy of body language in communication, this book shows how to use your body so that it will speak more effectively. Through a series of exercises, Lorna Marshall shows how to recognise and lose physical inhibitions.
"'Stimulating and intelligent' Yoshi Oida Seventy percent of everyday conversation is conveyed through body language, twenty percent is the voice and only ten percent is the meaning of the words. In The Body Speaks, expert RADA trainer Lorna Marshall, shows how to recognise and …
Emphasising the primacy of body language in communication, this book shows how to use your body so that it will speak more effectively. Through a series of exercises, Lorna Marshall shows how to recognise and lose physical inhibitions