Acting techniques

For anyone who feels less-than about your work, your worth, your body, or the life you're building, find here an incredible hope: you don't have to have it all together to "e;qualify"e; for your life's calling.

Acting (Re)Considered is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance.

No one has had a greater influence on acting as we know it than Stanislavski.

The Kilroys: "e;We Make Trouble.

This is the first textbook designed for students, practitioners and scholars of the performing arts who are curious about the power of the cognitive sciences to throw light on the processes of performance.

This book deals with one of the most important sources of the Stanislavsky System - Yoga, its practice and philosophy.

There are about ten books in the world on stage performance training.

This collection of essays is in no way an attempt to instruct people in ways to teach Drama.

This is the first book on enduring Hollywood star Eleanor Parker, long underrated despite three best actress Academy Award nominations (Caged, 1950; Detective Story, 1951; Interrupted Melody, 1955).

David Zinder's Body Voice Imagination is written by one of the master teachers of the Michael Chekhov technique of acting training.

On a global platform we are witnessing the increased visibility of the people we call children and teenagers as political activists.

Acting from Shakespeare's First Folio examines a series of techniques for reading and performing Shakespeare's plays that are based on the texts of the first 'complete' volume of Shakespeare's works: the First Folio of 1623.

This comprehensive collection provides theoretical accounts of the grounds and phenomenon of film acting.

Actor Movement: Expression of the Physical Being is a textbook and video resource for the working actor, the student and all those who lead and witness movement for the actor, including movement tutors, movement directors and directors.

In Collaborative Playwriting, five collectively written plays apply polyvocal methods in which clash and frisson replace synthesis, a dialogic approach to collective writing that has never before been articulated or documented.

This pioneering introduction to Stanislavsky's methods and modes of actor training covers all of the essential elements of his System.

Included in The Times and Daily Telegraph Book of the Year round-ups'Friends and Enemies is an extraordinary read showing unflinching candour from a truly remarkable woman' Elton John'Blistering .

Movement training techniques allow actors to acquire the physical body language and non-verbal skills to clearly express the ideas and emotions of their characters.

Supporting Staged Intimacy: A Practical Guide for Theatre Creatives, Managers, and Crew examines the relationship between staged intimacy, intimacy direction, and those supporting the process during pre-production, rehearsal, and performance.

This collection celebrates the opening of the Shakespeare North Playhouse (SNP).

Originally published in 1978.

Auditions are an integral part of every performer's life.

'Every scene or action or speech has a so therefore.

Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film is the first study dedicated to understanding the work of female Method actors on film.

Enrique Granados (1867-1916) is one of the most compelling figures of the late-Romantic period in music.

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Performative theatre is one of the most important trends of our time.

When the challenges you've faced threaten to destroy your life, how do you find your way back to the truths you thought you believed?

Radical Love is the debut memoir from actor Zachary Levi (Shazam!

The theater of the 21st century, in many ways, is expanding to require new muscles of its actors, and so should their scene choices.

This book is about joint intelligence in action.

Based on the latest research from the fields of neuroscience and mind-body psychology, Acting With Passion offers a revolutionary new approach to the age-old problems of the actor: dealing with nerves, engaging the body, quieting the inner critic, auditioning, creating a character, and even playing comedy.

Classical singing training is no longer relevant for the theatre performer today.

Modern Drama by Women 1880s-1930s offers the first direct evidence that women playwrights helped create the movement known as Modern Drama.

'Every day, thousands of women enter acting classes where most of them will receive some variation on the Stanislavsky-based training that has now been taught in the U.

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Using the techniques and insights of clowning, this book draws on original workshops and research to provide practical clowning exercises to develop wider acting practice in innovative ways.

Using new interview material with actors, directors and writers, this book explores the challenges of performance in documentary theatre.

Stepping Stones is the book of a practitioner.

'A book that will stand the test of time' Pierce BrosnanAn essential guide to the Stanislavski technique, filtering out the complexities of the system and offering a dynamic, hands-on approach.

Fifty Key Figures in Latinx and Latin American Theatre is a critical introduction to the most influential and innovative theatre practitioners in the Americas, all of whom have been pioneers in changing the field.

Written by a highly influential post-Stanislavskian practitioner, this book offers an accessible and contemporary interpretation of The Method, setting out techniques and exercises to train and develop actors today.

Stanislavsky and Race is the first book to explore the role that Konstantin Stanislavsky's "e;system"e; and its legacies can play in building, troubling and illuminating today's anti-racist theatre practices.

The Alexander Technique is a specific form of mind/body practice that focusses on improving efficiency through learning and understanding movement and behavior.