This inspirational guide for advanced acting students brings together multiple ways of creating excellence in performance. David Krasner provides tried and tested exercises, a history of actor training and explores the complex relationships between acting theories and teachers.
Drawing on examples from personal experience as an actor, director and teacher, An Actor's Craft begins with the building blocks of mind, body and voice, moving through emotional triggers and improvisation, to a final section bringing these techniques together in approaching a role. Each chapter contains accompanying exercises that the actor should practice daily.
Combining theory and practice, this thought-provoking and challenging study of acting techniques and theories is for actors who have grasped the basics and now want to develop their knowledge and training further.
Autorentext
DAVID KRASNER is Dean of the School of the Arts at Dean College, USA.
Inhalt
Introduction: What is Acting?
PART I: PREPARING MIND AND BODY
Preparation: Relaxation, Concentration and Breathing
Vocal and Physical Dynamics
Personalizing: Sense and Emotion Memory
PART II: PASSION AND INSPIRATION
Secrets and Sources
Physicalization and Analysis Through Action
Actions and Six Basic Actions
Improvisation and Jazz Acting
PART III: PERFORMING THE ROLE
Living Through and Interstitial Scenes
Lying and Denial
The Role: Psychological Gesture, Homework and Rehearsal
Conclusion
Bibliography
Brief Biographies of Key Acting Teachers.