| Description |
xviii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Background. 1. Thinking Like an Actor. 2. The Creative State of Mind. 3. The Brain as Stagehand -- Pt. 2. Solo Work -- Relaxation Exercise. 4. Concentration. Sensory Exploration Exercise: Learning to Feel the Creative State. Logic Exercise: The Artist at Work. 5. Creating Given Circumstances. Given Circumstances Exercise: An Everyday Task. 6. Adding Speech. Verbal/Sensory Exploration Exercise 1: Describing Sensory Exploration. Verbal/Sensory Exploration Exercise 2: Knee to Knee. 7. Giving a Solo Performance. Performance Exercise: Monologue -- Pt. 3. Partner Work. 8. Acting as Interacting. Partner Exercise 1: See and Be Seen. Partner Exercise 2: See and Be Seen 2. Relationship Exercise: Changing Your Partner's Behavior. 9. Choice. Choice Exercise 1: Sixteen Steps. Choice Exercise 2: Say No Before You Say Yes. Choice Exercise 3: Say No Before You Say Yes, Fast-Forward. 10. Steering the Performance. Performance Exercise: Analyzing a Scene. 11. A Scene in Performance |
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Culminating Exercise: Performing a Scene |
| Summary |
What is acting? What is it not? In Acting: Thought into Action, Kurt Daw looks at how actors think about acting and how they translate that thought process into a performance. In addition to discussing the bones, sinews, and brains of acting, Daw provides the actor with exercises designed to expand creative thinking and enhance characterization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index |
| Subject |
Acting.
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Method acting.
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| LC no. |
97007589 |
| ISBN |
0435070290 |
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