The Art of Acting: Body - Soul - Spirit - Word: A Practical and Spiritual Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (881 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1906999597 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Over the past decades there has been a resurgence of interest in Chekhov's acting technique. She examines this technique in relation to the specific challenges and gifts provided by the actor's constitution of body, soul and spirit, and in the context of the canon of great poetic and dramatic texts - illuminated by Steiner's insights into humanity's evolving consciousness. Together, these books offer a contemporary, spiritually-enlivened path of development for the actor, in which the combined insights of Steiner and Chekhov lead to new possibilities for the performing arts.. Dawn Langman explores the fundamentals of Chekhov's psycho-physical technique and the metaphysical principles on which it is based. The original publishers of his fundamental text, To the Actor, removed most of the author's references to Rudolf Steiner, but recent studies acknowledge Chekhov's personal interest in anthroposophy as the source of his artistic inspi
She then taught for ten years at Emerson College in Sussex. Returning to Australia, she founded the School of the Living Word, where for eight years she continued to research the integration of Speech Formation with Chekhov's technique. She currently teaches this methodology at the Drama Centre, Flinders University, South Australia. Her quest for an integrated approach th
Langman's inspired methods, fed by some 45 years of teaching and practice, ensure the highest outcomes for the integration of voice, speech and language as a central ingredient of the actor's craft. 'This book will be invaluable to teachers, acting students and practitioners alike. She is the most unique and brilliant master teacher in this area I have ever encountered.' - Rosalba Clemente, Head of Acting, Drama Centre, Flinders University 'A rite de passage - working with Langman's book is an initiation into th
Ryan Kouroukis said The Theatre of the Future. This book brings about one of the greatest necessities that the world of acting so desperately needs to lift itself out of the darkness it finds itself.By a correct understanding of what the human being is, where he finds himself and why he is here, this comprehensive manual provides the basis of a new approach.a new path forward for the arts..In actuality, the ancients already knew the answers to these profound questionsand as a humanity, we have just forgot them!With the help of Rudolf Steiner (German spiritual philosopher 1861-19"The Theatre of the Future" according to Ryan Kouroukis. This book brings about one of the greatest necessities that the world of acting so desperately needs to lift itself out of the darkness it finds itself.By a correct understanding of what the human being is, where he finds himself and why he is here, this comprehensive manual provides the basis of a new approach.a new path forward for the arts..In actuality, the ancients already knew the answers to these profound questionsand as a humanity, we have just forgot them!With the help of Rudolf Steiner (German spiritual philosopher 1861-1925) and Michael Chekhov (Russi. 5) and Michael Chekhov (Russi