An Acrobat of the Heart

Name: An Acrobat of the Heart | A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski
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A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski

Stephen Wangh(Autor*in)

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Erschienen am 5. Mai 2010

384 Seiten

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Intro
About the Author
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contents
Preface
Introduction
To the Reader
Chapter 1 - An Actor's Warm-Up
Asking Questions
Tuning Your Inner Strings
Finding Safe Space
The Stream-of-Consciousness Warm-up
A Balancing Act
Slow Motion
The Body Part Warm-up
Acting on Impulse
What Is an Actor's Warm-up?
Work Clothes
Chapter 2 - Les Exercices Corporels
The Spine
Undulations
Digesting the Work-The Hunker
The Cat
More Exercices Corporels
The Forward and Backward Rolls
The Headstands
The Backbends
Tiger Leaps
Chapter 3 - Les Exercices Plastiques
Plastique Isolations
The Plastique River
Image? What Image?
Eye Focus
Touch
The Pushing Exercise
Image Walks
Sticking with Images
Working with Tension
The Container and the Kiss
Effort, Openness, and Imagery
Physical Acting and "Serious" Acting
Bad Acting
The "Just Stand" Exercises
Bodily Emotions
Chapter 4 - Listening
Paradoxes of Acting
I Feel
The First Crossing
The Second Crossing
Two-Person Plastique Rivers
Face Tracing
Chapter 5 - Voice Work
A Loss of Voice
Connecting the Voice and Body
Working with Sound in a Group
Receiving with the Voice
Consonants
"Yes-No" and Gibberish
Chapter 6 - Scene Work
Choosing a Scene
"Dropping-In" Plastiques
The Weapons Work
What about Objectives and Intentions?
Blocking and Stage Movement
The Dropping-In Crossing
Private Space
What about the "Prior Circumstances"?
Rehearsing on Your Own
How to Talk to Another Actor
Listening All the Time
Positive Feedback
The Eyes
Finding the Right Gesture
Plastiques with Real Objects
Working with Mistakes
Pauses
Details
Precision
The Improvisation and the Score
An Acrobat of the Heart
Chapter 7 - Character Work
Why Bother?
What Is Character?
Character from the Body
Baseball (Three-Part Character)
Imitation
Character or Caricature
Anti-typecasting
Standing It
Dress-up
Characters Who Listen
Choosing Character Scenes
Character Word Jam: The Cinderella Exercise
"I Can't Play You"
Autobiography
Rehearsing Character Scenes
Playing Comedy
There Is No Stanley Kowalski
Traduttore, Traditore
Field of Dreams
Chapter 8 - Acting, Sanity, and Survival
Self-Judgment and Stage Fright
Acting or Therapy?
A Stradivarius in the Rain
Is Acting a Spiritual Discipline?
Is Acting a Political Activity? or, What is Selling Out?
Acting in the Real World
How to Choose an Acting Teacher
Bibliography
Permissions Acknowledgments
Copyright

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