The Laban Workbook for Actors
- 296 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
The Laban Workbook for Actors
About This Book
The Laban Workbook is a compendium of unique exercises inspired by the concepts and principles of movement theorist and artist, Rudolf Laban. Written by five internationally recognized movement experts, this textbook is divided into single-authored chapters, each of which includes a short contextual essay followed by a series of insight-bearing exercises. These expert views, honed in the creation of individual approaches to training and coaching actors, provide a versatile range of theory and practice in the creative process of crafting theatre. Readers will learn: Enhanced expressivity of body and voice;
Clearer storytelling, both physical and vocal, facilitating the embodiment of playwrights' intentions;
Imaginative possibilities for exploring an existing play or for creating devised theatre. Featuring many exercises exploring the application of Laban Movement Studies to text, character, scene work, and devised performances - as well as revealing the creative potential of the body itself - The Laban Workbook is ideal for actors, teachers, directors and choreographers.
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Table of contents
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- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword Eve Best
- Introduction
- 1 A Physical Foundation for the Actor Tom Casciero
- 2 Moving Into Character Katya Bloom
- 3 Moving Your Voice: Expanding Your Vocal Creative Potential Through LMA Barbara Adrian
- 4 Links Between LMA and Key Acting Techniques Jennifer Mizenko
- 5 Generating and Structuring a Movement and Text Performance Claire Porter
- Appendix A General Overview of Laban Movement Analysis Vocabulary
- Appendix B Body, Effort, Shape, and Space Charts
- Laban Training Programs
- Bibliography and Further Reading
- Links to Workbook Video
- Notes on Contributors
- Index