Actor Movement: Expression of the Physical Being (Performance Books)
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Great actors are not simply great interpreters of text; they are also great interpreters of movement; able to ’embody all aspects of a character s life, with body and imagination as their instruments. In their work they are expected to become many bodies, all behaving differently from their own. Actors have to construct, inhabit and offer each character s body, with its multiplicity of known and unknown physical expression.
Featuring:
Over 155 exercises
Four full actor movement processes for creating character
Over 20 illustrations and images
Complementary online footage supporting 26 of the practical elements
Inspiring confidence in the actor to make fully owned physical choices and develop a love of movement, this essential new textbook is ideal for those actors seeking to give to their movement all the complexity and range possible for great acting.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, Illustrated edition (20 Nov. 2014) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 336 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1408134411 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1408134412 |
| Dimensions | 15.6 x 1.78 x 23.39 cm |
by pitchcoach michael parker
This book captures beautifully the practice and the sense of movement essential to expressing personality.
by Amazon Customer
This encompasses everything you will learn from 2 great teachers in one book. For those wishing to refresh their movement training, or those who just don’t know what to do with their hands on stage! This book will never make you see your body in the same way.
by Cassie
This book is a fantastic resource for any actor or aspiring actor wishing to more fully discover the nature of physicality and movement at the heart of being human and expressing yourself eloquently.
This is a culmination of much of the work of the amazing Vanessa Ewan and Debbie Green who have been at the cutting edge of actor movement and the training of actors for years.
A tool to cherish, utilise and be challenged by.
by Amazon Customer
Brilliant.