Combining work on physical and vocal embodiment with exercises in imagination and interpretation, this book facilitates a fuller, freer and more complete use of the self when it comes to creating a role.
Building on the work of established methodologies and existing research - including the Alexander Technique, Estill Voice Craft and polyvagal theory - and of major practitioners - such as Michael Langham, Niamh Dowling, Glen Park, Carolyn Serota, Sally Grace, Patsy Rodenburg, Cicely Berry, Kristin Linklater and Josephine Estill - the book offers a holistic approach to voice work and acting.
In doing so, it develops or questions received ideas to offer a deeper and more accurate understanding of the way imagination, body and breath can be harnessed and integrated, in an organic way, in your acting.
Each chapter includes exercises designed to enable the concepts discussed to be embodied. Through working through these concepts and exercises you can explore and reintegrate imagination, body, breath and voice in order to become more open, free and expressive, and to more fully realise your potential as an actor.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Alex Taylor has a lifetime's experience of working with actors, in the industry and in training, and a great knowledge and understanding of how the imagination, body and voice work together. He has great knowledge and understanding of the actor's body and voice . He does not preach but offers us practical help and encouragement . He is realistic, offering a great range of exercises which are easy to follow, inviting us to make our own choices and judgements and to keep our individuality. I wish this book had been available to me as a young actor but at least I can use it now. * Lynn Farleigh * Working with Alex Taylor at theatre school in my formative years was transformative to say the least. I owe so much of my development as a young actor to Alex and his teachings. At once intense, gently radical and subtly powerful, Alex Taylor's methods and discourse made me the actor I am today. Thank you Alex! * Kevin McKidd *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-1-350-44132-3 (9781350441323)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Alex Taylor teaches at the Birmingham School of Acting, UK. Previously, he was Head of Voice at Rose Bruford, UK; Director of the School of Theatre at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; one of the Master Teachers at the Juilliard School, US; and Head of Voice and Movement at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He has directed productions for the National Theatre of Korea and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and led masterclasses in acting and voice at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and the University of Korea. He has also worked at the RSC as a voice coach on a number of productions.
Foreword
How to Use this Book
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Some Science
Chapter 2 - A Discussion About Truth
Chapter 3 - Imagination, Imagination, Imagination
Chapter 4 - Breath 1
Chapter 5 - Habitual Use - Old Habits, New Habits
Chapter 6 - Alignment and the Larynx
Chapter 7 - Working in Semi-Supine - Floor Work 1
Chapter 8 - The Concept of Centre - A Physical Centre
Chapter 9 - Pitch
Chapter 10 - Language and Text 1
Chapter 11 - Working in Semi-Supine - Floor Work
Chapter 12 - More About Breath - Breath Capacity
Chapter 13 - Language and Text 2 - Phrasing and Meaning
Chapter 14 - Semi-Supine - Floor Work 3 - Whispered 'Ah'
Chapter 15 - Free the Body to Free the Voice
Chapter 16 - Support
Chapter 17 - Resonance
Chapter 18 - Range, Pitch, Stress
Chapter 19 - The Channel for Sound
Chapter 20 - Language and Text 3
Chapter 21 - Language and Text 4 - Shakespeare
Chapter 22 - Other Aspects of Iambic Pentameter
Chapter 23 - Language and Text 5 - Shakespeare Sonnets
Chapter 24 - Punctuation
Chapter 25 - Integration: Imagination, Body, Breath, Voice
Chapter 26 - Working with Energy - Character Exercise
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
