The Beauty The Actor

Author : Yoshi Oida,Lorna Marshall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350148284

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The Invisible Actor by Yoshi Oida,Lorna Marshall Pdf

The Invisible Actor presents the captivating and unique methods of the distinguished Japanese actor and director, Yoshi Oida. While a member of Peter Brook's theatre company in Paris, Yoshi Oida developed a masterful approach to acting that combined the oriental tradition of supreme and studied control with the Western performer's need to characterise and expose depths of emotion. Written with Lorna Marshall, Yoshi Oida explains that once the audience becomes openly aware of the actor's method and becomes too conscious of the actor's artistry, the wonder of performance dies. The audience must never see the actor but only his or her performance. Throughout Lorna Marshall provides contextual commentary on Yoshi Oida's work and methods. In a new foreword to accompany the Bloomsbury Revelations edition, Yoshi Oida revisits the questions that have informed his career as an actor and explores how his skilful approach to acting has shaped the wider contours of his life.

Author : Michael Chekhov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135135379

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To the Actor by Michael Chekhov Pdf

Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers to explain, clearly and concisely, the essential techniques for every actor from developing a character to strengthen awareness. Chekhov's simple and practical method – successfully used by professional actors all over the world – trains the actor's imagination and body to fulfill its potential. To the Actor includes a previously unpublished chapter on 'Psychological Gesture', translated into English by the celebrated director Andrei Malaev - Babel; a new biographical overview by Mala Powers; and a foreword by Simon Callow. This book is a vital text for actors and directors including acting and theatre history students.

Author : Rijksmuseum (Paisos Baixos)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Color prints
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017225116

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The Beauty & the Actor by Rijksmuseum (Paisos Baixos) Pdf

Author : Emmett Balogún
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780805978056

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The Actor's Bible by Emmett Balogún Pdf

A man born into a family of actors embarks on a course for fame and fortune, however, the path to greatness often leads to great misfortune in this engrossing novel.

Author : Aoife Monks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137021618

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The Actor in Costume by Aoife Monks Pdf

How do audiences look at actors in costume onstage? How does costume shape theatrical identity and form bodies? What do audiences wear to the theatre? This lively and cutting-edge book explores these questions, and engages with the various theoretical approaches to the study of actors in performance. Aoife Monks focuses in particular on the uncanny ways in which costume and the actor's body are indistinguishable in the audience's experience of a performance. From the role of costume in Modernist theatre to the actor's position in the fashion system, from nudity to stage ghosts, this wide-ranging exploration of costume, and its histories, argues for the centrality of costume to the spectator's experience at the theatre. Drawing on examples from paintings, photographs, live performances, novels, reviews, blogs and plays, Monks presents a vibrant analysis of the very peculiar work that actors and costumes do on the stage.

Author : Michael Chekov
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781787204331

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To the Actor by Michael Chekov Pdf

In To the Actor Michael Chekhov has recorded brilliantly the results of his many years of experimenting, testing and verifying in the professional theater and schools of the theater. He brings to actors far greater insight into themselves and the characters they are to portray, which enables them to approach any role with new ease and skill. “To the Actor is by far the best book that I have read on the subject of acting. Actors, directors, writers and critics will be grateful for it. It should prove enlightening to theatergoers who wish to deepen their appreciation for fine acting and thus help to invigorate the theatrical art.”—Gregory Peck “I think without a doubt every creative person in the theater will want to have it as a constant reference book, outside of its being, in my opinion, absorbing and entertaining reading.”—Yul Brynner (from the Preface) “One of the most remarkable and practical books on the technique of acting I have ever read....Enthusiastically recommended to all theatre collections of whatever size.”—Library Journal

Author : Michael Lugering
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136449000

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The Expressive Actor by Michael Lugering Pdf

"The study of acting should not begin with an exploration of feeling, perception, imagination, memories, intention, personalization, self-identification... or even performance—but physical action." Michael Lugering's The Expressive Actor presents a foundational, preparatory training method, using movement to unlock the entire acting process. Its action-based perspective integrates voice, movement and basic acting training into a unified approach. A wealth of exercises and diagrams guide the reader through this internationally taught program, making it an ideal step-by-step course for both solo and classroom use. Through this course, voice and body training becomes more than a simple skill-building activity – it is the central prerequisite to any actor training. This new Routledge edition has been fully updated, to include: A revised prologue, further discussing the historical and philosophical grounding of The Lugering Method A new introduction, with particular focus on the integrative nature of the method and how the book should be used. New developments, clarifications, and 12 new exercises. 6 new illustrative diagrams.

Author : Konstantin Stanislavski
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781315474243

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An Actor's Work by Konstantin Stanislavski Pdf

Stanislavski’s ‘system’ has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s. His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical technique for acting single-handedly revolutionized standards of acting in the theatre. Until now, readers and students have had to contend with inaccurate, misleading and difficult-to-read English-language versions. Some of the mistranslations have resulted in profound distortions in the way his system has been interpreted and taught. At last, Jean Benedetti has succeeded in translating Stanislavski’s huge manual into a lively, fascinating and accurate text in English. He has remained faithful to the author's original intentions, putting the two books previously known as An Actor Prepares and Building A Character back together into one volume, and in a colloquial and readable style for today's actors. The result is a major contribution to the theatre, and a service to one of the great innovators of the twentieth century. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by the director Richard Eyre.

Author : James A. Baffico
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781466905177

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A Film Actor's Technique by James A. Baffico Pdf

A comprehensive step-by-step how-to guide for the beginner movie actor.

Author : Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Publisher : London : G. Redway
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Acting
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088296298

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The Actor's Art by Sir John Alexander Hammerton Pdf

Author : Alison Hodge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135173821

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Actor Training by Alison Hodge Pdf

Actor Training expands on Alison Hodge’s highly-acclaimed and best-selling Twentieth Century Actor Training. This exciting second edition radically updates the original book making it even more valuable for any student of the history and practice of actor training. The bibliography is brought right up to date and many chapters are revised. In addition, eight more practitioners are included - and forty more photographs - to create a stunningly comprehensive study. The practitioners included are: Stella Adler; Eugenio Barba; Augusto Boal; Anne Bogart; Bertolt Brecht; Peter Brook; Michael Chekhov; Joseph Chaikin; Jacques Copeau; Philippe Gaulier; Jerzy Grotowski; Maria Knebel; Jacques Lecoq; Joan Littlewood; Sanford Meisner; Vsevolod Meyerhold; Ariane Mnouchkine; Monika Pagneux; Michel Saint-Denis; Włodzimierz Staniewski; Konstantin Stanislavsky; Lee Strasberg The historical, cultural and political context of each practitioner’s work is clearly set out by leading experts and accompanied by an incisive and enlightening analysis of the main principles of their training, practical exercises and key productions. This book is an invaluable introduction to the principles and practice of actor training and its role in shaping modern theatre.

Author : Jeff Seymour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692210253

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The Real Life Actor by Jeff Seymour Pdf

There is a sense that permeates most acting classes which promotes the idea that acting is hard and you need to do a bunch of traditional steps if you're ever going to get anywhere. The flame of this concept is kept lit for two reasons. One is tradition. Successful actors and teachers in our theatrical history supposedly believed in or espoused such ideas and two; it is easier for teachers and actors to follow a path that is well worn. Actors feel intimidated to challenge the ideas and teachings of past masters. But isn't that exactly how every field of endeavor evolves? Think of where we'd be in science or medicine or sports if no one questioned past methods or tried to discover new ones. This book will show you an approach that is direct and to the point, an approach that will be far easier to remember and utilize. We'll use real life. We call it acting only because people are watching. "If you're an actor, this book will restore your sanity." Steven Pressfield, Author: The War of Art, Turning Pro, The Legend of Bagger Vance

Author : Catherine O'Rawe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501394379

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The Non-Professional Actor by Catherine O'Rawe Pdf

Provides the first critical overview of acting, stardom, and performance in post-war Italian film (1945-54), with special attention to the figure of the non-professional actor, who looms large in neorealist filmmaking. Italian post-war cinema has been widely celebrated by critics and scholars: films such as Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1948) and Paisan (Rossellini, 1946) remain globally influential, particularly for their use of non-professional actors. This period of regeneration of Italian cinema initiated the boom in cinemagoing that made cinema an important vector of national and gender identity for audiences. The book addresses the casting, performance, and labour of non-professional actors, particularly children, their cultural and economic value to cinema, and how their use brought ideas of the ordinary into the discourse of stars as extraordinary. Relatedly, O'Rawe discusses critical and press discourses around acting, performance, and stardom, often focused on the 'crisis' of acting connected to the rise of non-professionals and the girls (like Sophia Loren) who found sudden cinematic fame via beauty contests.

Author : Laura Wayth
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780879109066

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A Field Guide to Actor Training by Laura Wayth Pdf

(Limelight). A Field Guide to Actor Training will help you answer this question! The book is designed to be an introduction to various theater training methodologies, highlighting their basic tenets and comparing and contrasting each system of training and rehearsal. The goal is to provide a one-stop-shopping kind of resource for student/beginning actors who are seeking training through private studios or graduate schools and who crave guidance in selecting training that is right for them. Starting with the big question of "Why is actor training important?" and moving on to overviews of the major acting methodologies, vocal training, physical actor training, and advice on how to find the right kind of training for each individual, A Field Guide to Actor Training is an essential resource for the student actor.

Author : Gustave Garcia
Publisher : London : Simpkin, Marshall
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Acting
ISBN : UCAL:$B276018

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The Actor's Art by Gustave Garcia Pdf