Movement Training for Actors. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Snow, Jackie
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface by Michael Gaunt; Why the actor's body needs training; What is not movement training for an actor?; A brief history of this method of movement training for actors; The purposes of movement training; Introduction; Part 1: The universal state; 1 The universal state for the group; The games; Energetic games; Name game 1 -- clicking; Name game 2 -- marching; Cat and mouse; Ships and shores; The music game; Musical chairs; Jailors; Snakes; Stuck in the mud; Sticky sticky glue; Pirates; Sense games; Blind tag. Grandmother's footsteps Who stole the honey from the honey pot?; Mime telephones; Static games; Essence; Mafia; 2 Space, dimension and rhythm; Space and sensitivity; The ball game; Friend and enemy; Lines and curves; Feeling for each other; Shoal of fish; Circle rhythms; High, low, wide, narrow; Diagonals; Movement in practice (Greek Tragedy: The Burial at Thebes (Lucy Pitman Wallace); 3 The universal state for the individual; Stance and posture; Neutrality; Achieving neutral; The importance of pure movement for the voice; Tension and release. 4 Pure movement to achieve neutralArticulation exercises for different parts of the body; The stance: parallel feet; Feet; Legs; The head and face; The head and neck; Shoulders and sternum; Spine; Spine and shoulders; Pelvis; Floor exercises for the spine; Part 2: Movements with imagination at the heart of pure movement; 5 Core movement exercises; Rib stretches; High rib stretch; Side or wide rib stretch; Forward rib stretch; Shaking down through the spine with bounces; Swings (part of pure movement); Arm swings; Ski swing; Bow and arrow arm swing. Figure of eight arm swing Arm swing into arm swing and peeping under; Rag doll swing; Broken windmill swing; Discus arm swing; Lateral body swing; Full torso swing; Fish net swing; Leg swings; Figure of eight leg swing; Swings travelling; Bow and arrow travelling; Swinging both arms over, bending down and peeping through; Figure of eight arm swing; Forearm and backhand swing; Two armed partner swing in space; Extra exercises for precision and suspension; Run and fly (for balance); Je prend; Contre tension; 6 Dynamic movement: The Cat. The Cat -- sequence of movements Yawn and stretch; Head lift; Demi-cobra; Full cobra; Jack knife; Hip roll; Leg kick; Indian push through; Pounce and pike; Folded leaf; The three back arches; Headstand; Big squat balance; Big back arch to the floor; Flipping out your legs; Three bridges; The three scissors; Three leg twists; Yoga headstand; Forward shoulder roll; Backward shoulder roll; Three salutations to the sun on the right; Three sweeping the sky on the right; Swastika on the right leg; Yoga spinal twist; Backward shoulder roll.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : A & C Black
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 792.02/8; Movement (Acting); PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General; Movement (Acting); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1408157136; 9781408157138
• Related ISBNs: 9781408128572; 1408128578
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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