Rudolf Laban is to dance what Stanislavski is to acting. He is often described as the most important movement theorist of the twentieth century, and probably the most important theorist in dance studies to date. His influence is evident in the work of Mary Wigman, Kurt Joos, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, William Forsythe and Pina Bausch to name but a few. In this sourcebook, Dick McCaw has brought together the key writings on this pioneer of Dance Theatre: articles, essays, speeches at the Laban Guild, excerpts from works in English and new translations of his early works, including Die Welt des...
Rudolf Laban is to dance what Stanislavski is to acting. He is often described as the most important movement theorist of the twentieth century, and p...
What did Bakhtin think about the theatre? That it was outdated? That is 'stopped being a serious genre' after Shakespeare? Could a thinker to whose work ideas of theatricality, visuality, and embodied activity were so central really have nothing to say about theatrical practice?
Bakhtin and Theatre is the first book to explore the relation between Bakhtin's ideas and the theatre practice of his time. In that time, Stanislavsky co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898 and continued to develop his ideas about theatre until his death in 1938. Stanislavsky's...
What did Bakhtin think about the theatre? That it was outdated? That is 'stopped being a serious genre' after Shakespeare? Could a thinker t...
Understanding the Actor's Body is a practical guide to principles of learning movement for students of acting and performance. It addresses the actor's work from a movement perspective, integrating recent research into how humans move, explaining how discoveries about the neural system can help us use our bodies with greater intelligence and effectiveness.
Building on the earlier research of Laban and Moshe Feldenkrais, the book offers readers an illustrated guide of how the body and brain work together, answering basic questions about how it is we function.
Including...
Understanding the Actor's Body is a practical guide to principles of learning movement for students of acting and performance. It addresses ...
Understanding the Actor's Body is a practical guide to principles of learning movement for students of acting and performance. It addresses the actor's work from a movement perspective, integrating recent research into how humans move, explaining how discoveries about the neural system can help us use our bodies with greater intelligence and effectiveness.
Building on the earlier research of Laban and Moshe Feldenkrais, the book offers readers an illustrated guide of how the body and brain work together, answering basic questions about how it is we function.
Including...
Understanding the Actor's Body is a practical guide to principles of learning movement for students of acting and performance. It addresses ...
