The Physical Actor
Exercises for Action and Awareness
Price: $31.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-46674-5
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 23rd April 2009
- Pages: 224
About the Book
The Physical Actor is a comprehensive book of actor’s exercises, designed for the development of a strong and flexible physical body able to move with ease through space and interact instinctively on-stage.
Annie Loui draws on her training with Etienne Decroux, Carolyn Carlson and Jerzy Grotowski to bring Contact Improvization into the theatrical sphere and explain how it can be used to work with texts and applied directly to the theatrical stage.
This book will guide the reader through a full course of movement skills, from daily warm-up to:
- partnering skills
- spatial awareness for groups and individuals
- fine motor control through mime
- heightened co-ordination and sustained motion.
Annie Loui works as a director/choreographer and creator of new media performance. She teaches Movement for Actors for the professional training program at the University of California, Irvine.
About the Author(s)
Annie Loui works as a director/choreographer and creator of new media performance. She teaches Movement for Actors for the professional training program at the University of California, Irvine.
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