Movement for Actors (Paperback, First)

In this resource for actors, movement teachers and directors explore the physical skills needed for the stage and the screen. The contributors, who are from diverse performance traditions, explain how their particular discipline came into being and why the skills involved are valuable to performers, and they present exercises and approaches for actors. The work aims to provide an insight into the physical skills, techniques and styles developed and used in 20th- and 21st-century performance, and readers who wish to explore a particular discipline should be able to jump to the chapter that pertains to their area of interest - whether it be Alexander technique, the work of Tadashi Suzuki, or period movement for the plays of Moliere. Those who want to pursue serious training in a particular technique can consult the appendix for listings of the best teachers.