Lessons from our Students

ISBN-13: 9780367711580 / Twarda / 2023 / 152 str.

Andrea Odinov

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Lessons from our Students: Meditations on Performance Pedagogy is a collection of thirty short personal case studies about pedagogical issues that arise in theater classrooms and rehearsals.

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Acknowledgements

Dear Reader 

Part 1: Inhalation

1. Why Theater?

2. An Ecosystem of Love

3. I Am, I Feel, I Am Bringing

4. Teacher Talking Time

5. The Jargon Finger                            

6. Everything but the Kitchen Sink

7. Standard Operating Procedures

8. Perennial Questions

9. To Grade or to Ungrade

10. Evaluations and Evolutions

Part 2: Exhalation

11. Prototypes

12. The Wisecracker

13. Breakdownthrough

14. Permission Slips

15. The Psychology of Apology

16. Ahimsa

17. Whole Body Yes

18. Hover and Hunker

19. Spoons

20. I Need a Champion

Part 3: Transformation

21. Whose Need Is It Anyway?

22. Lessons from my Dream Students

23. Teaching through Chaos

24. When the Teacher is Not Alright

25. Unspeakable Wounds

26. There’s Always One

27. There’s More than Meets the Ear

28. Lessons from my Recent Role as a Student

29. When Death Comes

30. Holding Space

Conclusion: Lessons from my Co-Author

Bibliography

Index

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Stacey Cabaj is an Assistant Professor of Acting and Pedagogy at Loyola Marymount University. Her spirited approach to performance is grounded in her teaching certifications in Meditation, the Meisner Technique, Vibrant Voice Technique, Hatha and Vocal Yoga.

Andrea Odinov is a Voice, Speech, and Dialect Specialist, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech at Loyola Marymount University. She has provided coaching for theater companies and actors in the greater Los Angeles area and is a Certified Associate Instructor of Fitzmaurice Voicework®. www.andreaodinov.com