Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski
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- Synopsis
- Psychophysical Acting is a direct and vital address to the demands of contemporary theatre on today’s actor. Drawing on over thirty years of intercultural experience, Phillip Zarrilli aims to equip actors with practical and conceptual tools with which to approach their work. Areas of focus include:an historical overview of a psychophysical approach to acting from Stanislavski to the presentacting as an ‘energetics’ of performance, applied to a wide range of playwrights: Samuel Beckett, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Kaite O’Reilly and Ota Shogoa system of training though yoga and Asian martial arts that heightens sensory awareness, dynamic energy, and in which body and mind become onepractical application of training principles to improvisation exercises.Psychophysical Acting is accompanied by Peter Hulton’s downloadable resources featuring exercises, production documentation, interviews, and reflection.
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 270 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781134313358
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203375280, 9780415334570, 9780415334587
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 12/13/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Phillip B. Zarrilli
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Psychology, Drama, Plays and Theater, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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