Actor Training the Laban Way : an Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement.
* Individual, partner, and group exercises to make any actor more expressive * Crucial acting tips based on the work of distinguished theorist Rudolf Laban * 65 original illustrations of anatomy and warm-up exercises This in-depth, fully illustrated guide offers a groundbreaking approach to understa...
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New York :
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.,
2010.
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- Cover; Halftitle; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; My Journey; Rudolf von Laban; Irmgard Bartenieff; How to Use This Book; Laban Basics; Introduction; Illustration 1: Front Body; Illustration 2: Back Body; Illustrations 3 & 4: Spine and Pelvic Bowl; Illustrations 5 & 6: Diaphragm and Intercostal Muscles; Illustrations 7, 8, 9, & 10: Stomach Muscles: Transverse Abdominis, Internal & External Obliques, Rectus Abdominis; Illustrations 11, 12, & 13: Psoas, Rhomboids, Quadratus Lumborum.
- Chapter 4 Neutral Dynamic Alignment: Radiating Your Physical PresenceChapter 5 Resonance and Center Pitch: Revealing Your Vocal Presence; Expanding Your Vocal Range; Expressive Use of Resonance and Center Pitch; Chapter 6 Speech Shape: Fitness for the Actor's Articulators; Vowels and Diphthongs; Mouth-Shapes: Muscular Activity for the Articulators; Sound-Shapes; Level Two; Chapter 7 The Actor Revealed through Modes of Shape-Change; Exercises for Shape Flow, Spoke-like Directional, Arc-like Directional, and Carving; Floor Patterns.
- Chapter 8 Filling Space: Exploring Your Physical and Vocal KinesphereCentral, Peripheral, and Transverse Pathways (CPT); Chapter 9 Consonants: Articulation and Rhythmic Explorations; More Muscular Activity for the Articulators; Chapter 10 Effort Life of Voice and Movement; Experiments with Effort; Flow; Weight; Time; Space; Exercises for Exploring the Effort Elements; Chapter 11 Effort Life and Precise Articulation; Short Vowels; More Diphthongs; Triphthongs; Create Your Own Culture of Sound; Back to the Beginning; Level Three; Chapter 12 Revealing Your State of Mind; States.
- Exercises for Exploring the StatesChapter 13 Drives: Expressing Heightened Moments; Action Drives; Passion Drives; Vision Drives; Spell Drives; Exercises for Exploring the Drives in Body and Voice; Diction with Drives; Scene Work; Chapter 14 Space Harmony for Voice, Speech, and Movement; Dimensions and Planes; Body and Voice Meet Space; Exploring the Platonic Solids; Laban's Scales; Group Exploration with an Emphasis on Space; Experimentations in Transformation; Final Thoughts; Bibliography; Index; Books.
- Illustrations 14, 15, 16, & 17: Hyoid Bone, Thyroid Cartilage, Masseter MuscleIllustration 18: Anatomy for Speech: Articulators; Illustrations 19, 20, & 21: Vocal Folds, Mouth; Anatomy Illustrations; Level One; Chapter 1 Breath: Inspiration for Creative Activity; Breathing through the Still Shape Forms; From Shape to Sound; Chapter 2 Bartenieff Fundamentals: Fitness that Supports the Actor; Chapter 3 Detailed Explorations for Breath Support; Relationship of the Intercostal and Abdominal Muscles to the Breath; Intercostal Strength and Ease; The Role of the Back in Breath Support.