Psychophysical Acting

Author : Phillip B. Zarrilli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134313358

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Psychophysical Acting by Phillip B. Zarrilli Pdf

Psychophysical Acting is a direct and vital address to the demands of contemporary theatre on today’s actor. Drawing on over thirty years of intercultural experience, Phillip Zarrilli aims to equip actors with practical and conceptual tools with which to approach their work. Areas of focus include: an historical overview of a psychophysical approach to acting from Stanislavski to the present acting as an ‘energetics’ of performance, applied to a wide range of playwrights: Samuel Beckett, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Kaite O’Reilly and Ota Shogo a system of training though yoga and Asian martial arts that heightens sensory awareness, dynamic energy, and in which body and mind become one practical application of training principles to improvisation exercises. Psychophysical Acting is accompanied by Peter Hulton’s downloadable resources featuring exercises, production documentation, interviews, and reflection.

Author : Stephanie Daventry French,Philip G. Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136519345

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Experiencing Stanislavsky Today by Stephanie Daventry French,Philip G. Bennett Pdf

This pioneering introduction to Stanislavsky's methods and modes of actor training covers all of the essential elements of his System. Recreating ‘truthful’ behaviour in the artificial environment, awareness and observation, psychophysical work, given circumstances, visualization and imagination, and active analysis are all introduced and explored. Each section of the book is accompanied by individual and group exercises, forming a full course of study in the foundations of modern acting. A glossary explains the key terms and concepts that are central to Stanislavsky’s thinking at a glance. The book’s companion website is full of downloadable worksheets and resources for teachers and students. Experiencing Stanislavsky Today is enhanced by contemporary findings in psychology, neuroscience, anatomy and physiology that illuminate the human processes important to actors, such as voice and speech, creativity, mind-body connection, the process and the production of emotions on cue. It is the definitive first step for anyone encountering Stanislavsky’s work, from acting students exploring his methods for the first time, to directors looking for effective rehearsal tools and teachers mapping out degree classes.

Author : Bella Merlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135867379

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Beyond Stanislavsky by Bella Merlin Pdf

Beyond Stanislavsky takes the reader through a course in the new system, complete with exercises. Infused with the author's personal experience this is never a set of dry instructions, but a vital engagement with Stanislavsky's mature ideas on actor training.

Author : Phillip Zarrilli,Jerri Daboo,Rebecca Loukes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137379054

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Acting by Phillip Zarrilli,Jerri Daboo,Rebecca Loukes Pdf

What is the relationship between 'body' and 'mind', 'inner' and 'outer' in any approach to acting? How have different modes of actor training shaped actors' experiences of acting and how they understand their work? Phillip B. Zarrilli, Jerri Daboo and Rebecca Loukes offer insight into such questions, analysing acting as a psychophysical phenomenon and process across cultures and disciplines, and providing in-depth accounts of culturally and historically specific approaches to acting. Individual chapters explore: - Psychophysical acting and the legacy of Stanislavsky - European psychophysical practices of dance and theatre - Traditional and contemporary psychophysical approaches to performance in India and Japan - Insights from the new sciences on the 'situated bodymind' of the actor - Intercultural perspectives on acting. This lively study is ideal for students and practitioners alike.

Author : Phillip Zarrilli,Jerri Daboo,Rebecca Loukes
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1403990557

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Acting by Phillip Zarrilli,Jerri Daboo,Rebecca Loukes Pdf

What is the relationship between 'body' and 'mind', 'inner' and 'outer' in any approach to acting? How have different modes of actor training shaped actors' experiences of acting and how they understand their work? Phillip B. Zarrilli, Jerri Daboo and Rebecca Loukes offer insight into such questions, analysing acting as a psychophysical phenomenon and process across cultures and disciplines, and providing in-depth accounts of culturally and historically specific approaches to acting. Individual chapters explore: • psychophysical acting and the legacy of Stanislavsky • European psychophysical practices of dance and theatre • traditional and contemporary psychophysical approaches to performance in India and Japan • insights from the new sciences on the 'situated bodymind' of the actor • intercultural perspectives on acting This lively study is ideal for students and practitioners alike.

Author : Tom Cantrell,Christopher Hogg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474248570

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Exploring Television Acting by Tom Cantrell,Christopher Hogg Pdf

The first collection of its kind to bring together scholarly and practitioner perspectives, this book analyses the experiences, skills and techniques of actors when working on television. Featuring eleven chapters by internationally distinguished researchers and actor trainers, this collection examines the acting processes and resulting performances of some of the most acclaimed television actors. Topics include: studio and location realism; actor training for television; actor well-being in the television industry; performance in reality television and British and Irish actors in contemporary US television and film. The book also contains case studies examining the work of Emmy-award-winning actor Viola Davis and the iconic character of Gene Hunt in Life on Mars (BBC, 2006-2007).

Author : Jerry Rojo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015049707451

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An Acting Method Using the Psychophysical Experience of Workshop Games-exercises by Jerry Rojo Pdf

Rojo (dramatic arts, U. of Connecticut) describes the method of acting and performance he developed. Using the actor's own self-personality, the psychophysical technique employs extemporaneous games and exercises in a specialized workshop that can lead to a performance for an audience. He begins by setting out the theory behind the method, then explores the function of games and exercises in the workshop setting, and describes the games and exercises themselves. The approach has roots in the methods of Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Brecht, and Grotowski, but also draws on Richard Schechner's more recent theory and practice of environmental theater. The text is double spaced. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Brigid Panet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134022939

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Essential Acting by Brigid Panet Pdf

HOW DO ACTORS FUSE THOUGHT, EMOTION and ACTION WITHIN THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS? Essential Acting is an inspired and reliable toolbox for actors and teachers in the classroom, the rehearsal room and the workshop. RADA’s Brigid Panet has distilled 50 years of acting, directing and actor training into a unique recipe which brilliantly combines the teachings of Stanislavski and Laban into an invaluable practical resource. These exercises are built around the need for simple, achievable techniques that can be applied by actors, teachers and directors to answer the myriad requirements of actor training. The goal is to produce a continuous level of achievement, addressing: How to rehearse How to work with a text How to audition for drama school How to access the truth of feelings and actions Essential Acting will be a must-have purchase for anyone looking for a comprehensive study guide to the necessary work of the actor.

Author : Zarrilli Phillip,T Sasitharan,Anuradha Kapur
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780429786297

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Intercultural Acting and Performer Training by Zarrilli Phillip,T Sasitharan,Anuradha Kapur Pdf

Intercultural Acting and Performer Training is the first collection of essays from a diverse, international group of authors and practitioners focusing on intercultural acting and voice practices worldwide. This unique book invites performers and teachers of acting and performance to explore, describe, and interrogate the complexities of intercultural acting and actor/performer training taking place in our twenty-first century, globalized world. As global contexts become multi-, inter- and intra-cultural, assumptions about what acting "is" and what actor/performer training should be continue to be shaped by conventional modes, models, techniques and structures. This book examines how our understanding of interculturalism changes when we shift our focus from the obvious and highly visible aspects of production to the micro-level of training grounds, studios, and rehearsal rooms, where new forms of hybrid performance are emerging. Ideal for students, scholars and practitioners, Intercultural Acting and Performer Training offers a series of accessible and highly readable essays which reflect on acting and training processes through the lens offered by "new" forms of intercultural thought and practice.

Author : Peter Zazzali
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317428367

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Acting in the Academy by Peter Zazzali Pdf

There are over 150 BFA and MFA acting programs in the US today, nearly all of which claim to prepare students for theatre careers. Peter Zazzali contends that the curricula of these courses represent an ethos that is as outdated as it is limited, given today’s shrinking job market for stage actors. Acting in the Academy traces the history of actor training in universities to make the case for a move beyond standard courses in voice and speech, movement, or performance, to develop an entrepreneurial model that motivates and encourages students to create their own employment opportunities. This book answers questions such as: How has the League of Professional Theatre Training Programs shaped actor training in the US? How have training programmes and the acting profession developed in relation to one another? What impact have these developments had on American acting as an art form? Acting in the Academy calls for a reconceptualization of actor training the US, and looks to newly empower students of performance with a fresh, original perspective on their professional development.

Author : Dick McCaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781350046450

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Rethinking the Actor's Body by Dick McCaw Pdf

How does an actor embody a character? How do they use their body as an instrument of expression? Rethinking the Actor's Body offers an accessible introduction to the fields of neurophysiology and embodied knowledge through a detailed examination of what an actor does with their body. Built on almost a decade of conversations and public seminars by the author Dick McCaw in partnership with John Rothwell (Professor of Neurophysiology at University College London, UK), Rethinking the Actor's Body explores a set of questions and preoccupations concerning the actor's body and examines overlaps in research and practice in the fields of actor training, embodied knowledge and neurophysiology.

Author : Phillip Zarrilli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000682335

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(toward) a phenomenology of acting by Phillip Zarrilli Pdf

In (toward) a phenomenology of acting, Phillip Zarrilli considers acting as a ‘question’ to be explored in the studio and then reflected upon. This book is a vital response to Jerzy Grotowski’s essential question: "How does the actor ‘touch that which is untouchable?’" Phenomenology invites us to listen to "the things themselves", to be attentive to how we sensorially, kinesthetically, and affectively engage with acting as a phenomenon and process. Using detailed first-person accounts of acting across a variety of dramaturgies and performances from Beckett to newly co-created performances to realism, it provides an account of how we ‘do’ or practice phenomenology when training, performing, directing, or teaching. Zarrilli brings a wealth of international and intercultural experience as a director, performer, and teacher to this major new contribution both to the practices of acting and to how we can reflect in depth on those practices. An advanced study for actors, directors, and teachers of acting that is ideal for both the training/rehearsal studio and research, (toward) a phenomenology of acting is an exciting move forward in the philosophical understanding of acting as an embodied practice.

Author : Jeungsook Yoo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317280507

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A Korean Approach to Actor Training by Jeungsook Yoo Pdf

A Korean Approach to Actor Training develops a vital, intercultural method of performer training, introducing Korean and more broadly East Asian discourses into contemporary training and acting practice. This volume examines the psychophysical nature of a performer’s creative process, applying Dahnhak, a form of Korean meditation, and its central principle of ki-energy, to the processes and dramaturgies of acting. A practitioner as well as a scholar, Jeungsook Yoo draws upon her own experiences of training and performing, addressing productions including Bald Soprano (2004), Water Station (2004) and Playing ‘The Maids’ (2013–2015). A significant contribution to contemporary acting theory, A Korean Approach to Actor Training provides a fresh outlook on performer training which will be invaluable to scholars and practitioners alike.

Author : Zachary Dunbar,Stephe Harrop
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319954714

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Greek Tragedy and the Contemporary Actor by Zachary Dunbar,Stephe Harrop Pdf

This book offers a provocative and groundbreaking re-appraisal of the demands of acting ancient tragedy, informed by cutting-edge scholarship in the fields of actor training, theatre history, and classical reception. Its interdisciplinary reach means that it is uniquely positioned to identify, interrogate, and de-mystify the clichés which cluster around Greek tragedy, giving acting students, teachers, and theatre-makers the chance to access a vital range of current debates, and modelling ways in which an enhanced understanding of this material can serve as the stimulus for new experiments in the studio or rehearsal room. Two theoretical chapters contend that Aristotelian readings of tragedy, especially when combined with elements of Stanislavski’s (early) actor-training practice, can actually prevent actors from interacting productively with ancient plays and practices. The four chapters which follow (Acting Sound, Acting Myth, Acting Space, and Acting Chorus) examine specific challenges in detail, combining historical summaries with a survey of key modern practitioners, and a sequence of practical exercises.

Author : Effiong Johnson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781453584897

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Play Production Processes by Effiong Johnson Pdf