Foundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer

ISBN-13: 9780367711726 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 224 str.

Cara Harker

Opis

Foundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer explores the physical, emotional, and theoretical components of performance training in order to equip readers with the tools needed to successfully advance in their development as artists and entertainers.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Embracing Performance and Communing with the Audience: Acting, Dance, and the Performer’s Role in Society  2. Performer Preparation: Practices from Theatre Movement for Mind/Body Connection and Free Expression  3. Performance Building Blocks: Key Concepts in Ballet Dance Technique for Presence and Authenticity on Stage and Screen  4. Discovering Character Motivation and Intention through Acting Technique and Physical Theatre  5. Jazz Dance and Musical Theatre: The Quintessential Combination of Acting and Dance in Performance  6. Auditioning: From a Necessary Evil to a Time to Shine  7. Performer and Theatre Maker: Creating New Works and Breathing New Life into Established Works  8. On Health and Wellness: Self-Care for Longevity as a Performer Final Thoughts Appendix Index

O autorze

Cara Harker is a Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), where she teaches musical theatre dance, theatre movement, jazz, tap, ballroom, aerial, improvisation, and composition. She also serves as program coordinator for the dance minor program.