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Author Dixon, Luke, author

Title Play-acting : a guide to theatre workshops / Luke Dixon
Published London : Methuen, 2003
London, U.K. : Methuen Drama, 2003
©[2003]

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 MELB  792.028 Dix/Paa  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents PART ONE: Body and voice -- Introduction -- 1. The foot -- 2. Connecting the bones -- 3. The spine -- 4. Stepping into space -- 5. Theatrical space -- 6. The journey of life -- 7. Theatre of the gods -- 8. Life games -- 9. Breath -- 10. A word or two -- 11. Blind man's bluff -- 12. A Shakespeare summer -- 13. Text -- 14. Rhythm -- 15. The drum -- 16. Revision -- PART TWO: Heart and soul -- Introduction -- 17. Senses and chakras -- 18. Box of emotions -- 19. One to ten and beyond -- 20, Play -- 21. Salt labyrinth -- 22. Dreamtime -- 23. Transformations -- 24. Through the looking glass -- 25. Tango -- 26. Animals and archetypes -- 27. Postcard people -- 28. Playing with gender -- 29. Clothing -- 30. Magic skills -- 31. Once upon a time -- 32. Performance -- Epilogue
Summary "Consists of thirty-two self-contained but linked workshops. The programme takes you on a journay from learning about the anatomy of the individual actor's body to the performance of narrative by a group of actors."
Subject Theater -- Study and teaching.
Acting -- Study and teaching.
Theater -- Technique.
Movement (Acting)
Acting -- Technique.
ISBN 0413772942 (paperback)