Actor Training the Laban Way (Second Edition)
An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement
2nd Edition
Published on 10. September 2024
288 pages
978-1-62153-844-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Groundbreaking Actor Training Guide, Enhanced with New Videos and Expert Advice from Acting Professionals
Actors, teachers, and students of performing arts: sharpen your skills and release your potential with Actor Training the Laban Way, a groundbreaking approach to physical and vocal movement. Utilizing theories of preeminent movement theorist Rudolf Laban, acting teacher and performer Barbara Adrian integrates voice, speech, and movement training with illustrated individual and group exercises that include:
This second edition also includes an all-new chapter of advice from acting professionals on how they deploy these exercises and techniques in their acting preparation, practice, and performance. New appendices offer readers links to video supplements as well as exercises in IPA.
Actor Training the Laban Way will make any performer more impulsive, imaginative, and expressive.
Actors, teachers, and students of performing arts: sharpen your skills and release your potential with Actor Training the Laban Way, a groundbreaking approach to physical and vocal movement. Utilizing theories of preeminent movement theorist Rudolf Laban, acting teacher and performer Barbara Adrian integrates voice, speech, and movement training with illustrated individual and group exercises that include:
- Breath Support
- Building Dynamic Alignment
- Expanding Vocal Tone and Range
- Articulation and Rhythmic Exploration
- Enhancing Strength and Stamina
- Improving Balance and Flexibility
- Developing a Relationship to the Environs
- Revealing Your Emotional State through Physical and Vocal Action
This second edition also includes an all-new chapter of advice from acting professionals on how they deploy these exercises and techniques in their acting preparation, practice, and performance. New appendices offer readers links to video supplements as well as exercises in IPA.
Actor Training the Laban Way will make any performer more impulsive, imaginative, and expressive.
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Barbara Adrian, MFA, CMA, is a Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts, Marymount Manhattan College. She is an Artistic Associate with New York Classical Theatre and coaches professional actors for television, film, stage, and voice-acting roles for commercials, animations, and video games. She has taught workshops in Manhattan, London, Glasgow, and Berlin. She lives in New York City.
