Movement - From Person to Actor to Character (Paperback, New)

The acting process is an interlocking trinity: the person, the actor, and the character. The person has habits and idiosyncrasies cultivated over the years in response to life experiences. The actor may have developed another set of behaviors that manifest themselves during a performance. The exercises within this text will guide the user toward making the necessary choices needed to achieve the extension of self to character whether that involves utilizing personal traits that are congruent to a character's make-up, or discarding personal habits which do not fit. Movement: From Person to Actor to Character concisely collects many common movement principles such as use of breath, alignment, relaxation, imagery, and surroundings. Illustrations are included which provide the actor with a basic knowledge of the human body and function that can serve as a foundation for advanced movement techniques. Case studies outline a variety of characterization projects from a range of well-known plays, to further illustrate some of the exercises within the text. Mitchell's text will be useful for beginning to intermediate movement courses or as a supplement to acting or directing courses, or by actors seeking to enrich their movement technique.

General

Imprint:	Scarecrow Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1998
First published:	March 1998
Authors:	Theresa Mitchell
Dimensions:	281 x 221 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8108-3328-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Acting techniques
LSN:	0-8108-3328-X
Barcode:	9780810833289

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