Author: Jack Garfein
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810126737
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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"Jack Garfein's book is a touching reminder of our early attempts at creating theater without artifice. It is good to know that he is still working hard at it."---Ben Gazzara --
Author: Timothy Mooney
Publisher: Tmrt Press
ISBN: 9780983181200
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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"Acting students all over the United States have the three steps of Tim Mooney's Hamlet exercise indelibly imprinted in their brain! In a brief two-hour session, this workshop completely upends the way performers look at dialogue! With Acting at the Speed of Life, Mooney goes beyond his hugely successful master class, to share Secrets of Theatrical Power! The results are immediate, for anyone seeking to boost the power of their 'presence' in public!" -- Back cover.
Author: Cliff Osmond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578069425
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Cliff Osmond, Hollywood actor, teacher, director and award-winning writer, with more than forty-five years of experience at the highest levels of his craft, offers his unique and perceptive thoughts on acting. "There is no such thing as 'acting, ' there is only life. What the actor must do is make sure that his life pccurs excitingly, on demand, within the narrow confines of a script, and in front of an audience." The rest is clarification. To aid actors in the their quest for excellence, Mr. Osmond discusses his "Ten Elements in Any Successful Performance," a clearly defined set of principles that enable the performer to transcend any sense of false 'acting' and move to an exciting performance reality. Part memoir, part theoretical analysis, part practical handbook, "Acting is Living" is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for the actor, one that both beginning and experienced performers will refer to over-and-over in their lifetime of acting efforts
Author: Yoshi Oida
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350148288
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 123
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The Invisible Actor presents the captivating and unique methods of the distinguished Japanese actor and director, Yoshi Oida. While a member of Peter Brook's theatre company in Paris, Yoshi Oida developed a masterful approach to acting that combined the oriental tradition of supreme and studied control with the Western performer's need to characterise and expose depths of emotion. Written with Lorna Marshall, Yoshi Oida explains that once the audience becomes openly aware of the actor's method and becomes too conscious of the actor's artistry, the wonder of performance dies. The audience must never see the actor but only his or her performance. Throughout Lorna Marshall provides contextual commentary on Yoshi Oida's work and methods. In a new foreword to accompany the Bloomsbury Revelations edition, Yoshi Oida revisits the questions that have informed his career as an actor and explores how his skilful approach to acting has shaped the wider contours of his life.
Author: John Strasberg
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557831965
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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(Applause Books). Based on his own experience and the teachings of his celebrated but distant father, Lee, John Strasberg defines the talent of becoming real in a role. He surveys the traditional partition between life and theatre, and urges actors to make it a dynamic living membrane through which vital elements may pass. John Strasberg has written his own intensely personal story about his father's work and the Strasberg dynasty. It is a painful odyssey during which he relives the often demanding role he played as son to a man who was the central father figure to a generation of American actors.
Author: Jane Drake Brody
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472573706
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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The Actor's Business Plan is a self-directed practical guide for actors graduating from formal training programs, as well as for those already in the business whose careers need to move ahead more successfully. Using the familiar language of acting training, the book offers a method for the achievement of dreams through a five-year life and career plan giving positive steps to develop a happy life as an actor and as a person. It assists performers to flourish using the same kind of business/career planning that is a necessary part of life for entrepreneurs and business people. This introduction to the acting industry provides essential knowledge not only for how the business actually works, but also describes what casting directors, agents, and managers do, demystifies the role of unions, discusses how much things cost, and offers advice on branding and marketing strategies. It differs from other such handbooks in that it addresses the everyday issues of life, money, and jobs that so frequently destroy an actor's career before it is even begun. While addressing NYC and LA, the guide also gives a regional breakdown for those actors who may wish to begin careers or to settle in other cities. It is loaded with personal stories, and interviews with actors, casting directors, and agents from throughout the US. The Actor's Business Plan is the answer to the common complaint by students that they were not taught how to negotiate the show business world while at school. It is the perfect antidote for this problem and can easily fit into a ten or a thirteen-week class syllabus. Offering support as a personal career coach, empowering the actor to take concrete steps towards their life and career dreams, The Actor's Business Plan: A Career Guide for the Acting Life is a must-have book for actors who are determined to be a part of the professional world .
Author: Jeff Seymour
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692210253
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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There is a sense that permeates most acting classes which promotes the idea that acting is hard and you need to do a bunch of traditional steps if you're ever going to get anywhere. The flame of this concept is kept lit for two reasons. One is tradition. Successful actors and teachers in our theatrical history supposedly believed in or espoused such ideas and two; it is easier for teachers and actors to follow a path that is well worn. Actors feel intimidated to challenge the ideas and teachings of past masters. But isn't that exactly how every field of endeavor evolves? Think of where we'd be in science or medicine or sports if no one questioned past methods or tried to discover new ones. This book will show you an approach that is direct and to the point, an approach that will be far easier to remember and utilize. We'll use real life. We call it acting only because people are watching. "If you're an actor, this book will restore your sanity." Steven Pressfield, Author: The War of Art, Turning Pro, The Legend of Bagger Vance
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435299092
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Ron Cameron
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 0889242895
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 485
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Of all the subjects taught in the school system, dramatic arts probably has the greatest potential to help students prepare for life. The study of acting helps students develop personal and social skills: increased poise and confidence, better awareness of their physical and vocal selves, and an improved ability to think and react quickly. These talents can help in dealing with sometimes difficult real life situations. The intention of Acting Skills for Life is to integrate personal growth and the process of creative drama with the more formal skills required for stage production. This is a very practical book, full of suggestions for drama exercises and improvisations, developed over Cameron's thirty years of teaching drama, and includes helpful information for teachers working with students on stage productions.
Author: Paul Marcus
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780874620696
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Rather than focus on the well-known truism that great plays and dramatic performances can deeply transform and ennoble us, this explores how actors and actresses learn dramatic performance as an art, profession and way of life. Drawing from the psychological insights of Constantin Stanislavski and other master teachers, as well as performers like Lawrence Olivier, this is the first book that makes the actors magical soul craft into a character accessible and applicable to real-life.
