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275 acting games: connected : a comprehensive workbook of theatre games for developing acting skills / Gavin Levy.

By: Levy, Gavin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Colorado Springs, Colo. : Meriwether Pub. Ltd., 2010Description: 375 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9781566081696 .Other title: Two hundred seventy-five acting games | Two hundred and seventy-five acting games.Subject(s): Acting | Games | Improvisation (Acting) | Acting gamesDDC classification: 792.028
Contents:
Introduction -- Warm up, balance, and homeostasis -- Body awareness -- Observation -- Memorization -- Bare essentials -- Sensory awareness -- Voice -- Concentration and focus -- Imagination -- Creative state -- Trust -- Improvisation -- The physical actor -- Auditioning -- Action and reaction -- Knowing your objectives -- Life experience -- Ensemble -- Listening -- The coordinated actor -- Characterization -- Spatial awareness -- Making specific choices -- Releasing inhibitions -- Mime -- Motor skills -- Nonverbal communication -- Thinking outside the box -- Unlimited possibilities -- The storyteller -- The audience -- Performance -- Monologues.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 792.028 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00175266
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With almost three hundred performance-tested acting games, this is the largest collection published to date. They were complied from numerous workshops and study sessions. Includes a wide variety of proven activities for learning acting and theatre industry skills. The book is divided into thirty sections including: Audition, Concentration & Focus, Voice, Ensemble, Action & Reaction, Improvisation, Knowing Your Objective, Performance, Thinking Outside the Box, Spatial Awareness, Non-Verbal Communication, Making Choices, Releasing Inhibitions, The Physical Actor and many more. This is an adaptable workbook designed to connect the learning of acting skills with professional auditions and the theatre Industry.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Warm up, balance, and homeostasis -- Body awareness -- Observation -- Memorization -- Bare essentials -- Sensory awareness -- Voice -- Concentration and focus -- Imagination -- Creative state -- Trust -- Improvisation -- The physical actor -- Auditioning -- Action and reaction -- Knowing your objectives -- Life experience -- Ensemble -- Listening -- The coordinated actor -- Characterization -- Spatial awareness -- Making specific choices -- Releasing inhibitions -- Mime -- Motor skills -- Nonverbal communication -- Thinking outside the box -- Unlimited possibilities -- The storyteller -- The audience -- Performance -- Monologues.