| Description |
202 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Stanislavski the humanist -- 2. Mamet the modernist -- 3. The space between -- 4. Transactional improvisation - part one -- 5. Transactional improvisation - part two -- 6. Transactional improvisation - part three -- 7. The world of the play -- 8. Approaches to text - part one -- 9. Inhabiting the space -- 10. Learning to trust the body -- 11. Voice and movement -- 12. After Meisner -- 13. Approaches to text - part two -- 14. Defamiliarisation -- 15. Subtext -- 16. Shakespeare and the actor -- 17. Concluding thoughts |
| Summary |
"Emoting is not acting. Reproducing is not acting. Reacting is acting. With this powerful idea, Nick Moseley takes long-held views of actor training and opens them up to a productive new way of thinking about performance. The goal of Acting and Reacting is to stimulate thinking and reflection in both acting students and teachers. For too long, argues Nick Moseley, actor training has worked within superimposed concepts: on the one hand, the long tradition of Stanislavski, which has been countered more recently by the strongly anti-Stanislavskian views of David Mamet. Between the two, Moseley writes, is a creative way of thinking about acting that avoids extremes. Training is at the heart of acting, but training must fit the actor, not the other way round. Working with such concepts as emotional openness, trust and acceptance, setting boundaries, and artistic freedom, Acting and Reacting explores in depth techniques and exercises in transactional improvisation and other tools for expanding the actor's skill set. With chapters on such important topics as inhabiting the space, learning to trust the body, and defamiliarization, and with ample techniques and suggestions, Acting and Reacting is a valuable tool for both actors and those who train them."--From publisher's description |
| Notes |
"A Theatre Arts book" |
| Bibliography |
Includges bibliographical references (page 199) |
| Subject |
Acting.
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Actors -- Training of.
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| LC no. |
2006365674 |
| ISBN |
0878302050 (Routledge : hbk.) |
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0878302069 (Routledge : pbk.) |
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1854598031 (Hern) |
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9781854598035 (Hern : pbk.) |
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