Singing and the Actor
ISBN: 9780878301980 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Singing and the Actor takes the reader step by step through a practical training programme relevant to the modern singing actor and dancer. A variety of contemporary voice qualities including Belting and Twang are explained, with excercises for each topic.
Singing and the Actor takes the reader step by step through a practical training programme relevant to the modern singing actor and dancer. A variety ...
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The Art of the Actor: The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day
ISBN: 9780878302031 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did acting begin? What is its history, and what have the great thinkers on acting said about the art and craft of performance? In this single-volume survey of the history of acting, Jean Benedetti traces the evolution of the theories of the actor's craft drawing extensively on extracts from key texts, many of which are unavailable for the student today. Beginning with the classical conceptions of acting as rhetoric and oratory, as exemplified in the writing of Aristotle, Cicero and others, The Art of the Actor progresses to examine ideas of acting in Shakespeare's time right through to...
How did acting begin? What is its history, and what have the great thinkers on acting said about the art and craft of performance? In this single-volu...
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Acting and Reacting: Tools for the Modern Actor
ISBN: 9780878302055 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Emoting is not acting. Reproducing is not acting. Reacting is acting. With this powerful idea, Nick Moseley takes long-held views of actor training and opens them up to a productive new way of thinking about performance. Acting and Reacting stimulates thinking and reflection in both acting students and teachers. For too long, argues Nick Moseley, actor training has worked within superimposed concepts: on the one hand, the long tradition of Stanislavski, which has been countered more recently by the strongly anti-Stanislavskian views of David Mamet. Between the two, Moseley writes, is...
Emoting is not acting. Reproducing is not acting. Reacting is acting. With this powerful idea, Nick Moseley takes long-held views of actor training an...
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673,02 zł |
An Actor Prepares
ISBN: 9780878309832 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well.
Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as we...
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165,62 zł |
Harpo Speaks!
ISBN: 9780879100360 / Angielski / Miękka / 482 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Marx Brother who never spoke--Harpo Marx--expounds upon his life and times in Hollywood and on the vaudeville stage in this funny, affectionate, and poignant autobiography as told to journalist Rowland Barber.
The Marx Brother who never spoke--Harpo Marx--expounds upon his life and times in Hollywood and on the vaudeville stage in this funny, affectionate, a...
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120,79 zł |
Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down
ISBN: 9780879101176 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). ..".the definitive life. I don't think it will ever be superseded ... It is scholarly yet readable, the fullest, most objective and factually detailed book on virtually every aspect of Buster's career and personality: artistic, financial, and pyschological ... full of the most interesting (and surprising) information." Dwight MacDonald, The New York Review of Books "A candid yet compassionate account of Keaton's turbulent personal life...reveals the roots of his humanity ... his pessimism ... his superb spirit of comic gloom ..." Boston Globe
(Limelight). ..".the definitive life. I don't think it will ever be superseded ... It is scholarly yet readable, the fullest, most objective and factu...
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77,46 zł |
Stages: Of Life in Theatre, Film and Television
ISBN: 9780879101664 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An entertaining account of Lloyd's career as actor, director, and producer.
An entertaining account of Lloyd's career as actor, director, and producer.
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73,32 zł |
Getting the Part: Thirty-Three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work in Theater, Films and TV
ISBN: 9780879101947 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). "At last, an in-depth book about the casting process that tells actors what it is like to be on the other side of the desk, and a must read for the aspiring casting director " Marilyn Henry, coauthor, How to Be a Working Actor
(Limelight). "At last, an in-depth book about the casting process that tells actors what it is like to be on the other side of the desk, and a must re...
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86,27 zł |
Orson Welles: A Biography
ISBN: 9780879101992 / Angielski / Miękka / 612 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a first-hand portrait of the flamboyant American genius who became a titanic figure in twentieth century popular culture. Orson Welles revolutionised theatre, terrified a nation of radio listeners, and made cinematic history with Citizen Kane, regarded by many as the greatest American film ever made.
Here is a first-hand portrait of the flamboyant American genius who became a titanic figure in twentieth century popular culture. Orson Welles revolut...
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86,31 zł |
Acting with the Voice: The Art of Recording Books
ISBN: 9780879103019 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). Blumenfeld convincingly argues that the basic techniques of acting apply whether the actor is performing onstage or in a sound studio. Numerous practice exercises help the actor to speak the words of a text that can be enhanced by the varying sounds of the human voice.
(Limelight). Blumenfeld convincingly argues that the basic techniques of acting apply whether the actor is performing onstage or in a sound studio. Nu...
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86,09 zł |
Casting Directors' Secrets: Inside Tips for Successful Auditions
ISBN: 9780879103095 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). In Casting Directors' Secrets, casting directors from New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Vancouver offer insight in their own words into the do's and don'ts of the audition process and reveal the three biggest mistakes made by actors at this crucial stage. The book offers instruction in these areas and more: How to get the audition training and preparation, headshots and resume, finding an agent, auditioning for agents; audition/interview etiquette being late, canceling your appointment, waiting room do's and don'ts, staying focused, filling out the paperwork, behavior toward...
(Limelight). In Casting Directors' Secrets, casting directors from New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Vancouver offer insight in their own words into...
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73,14 zł |
Tools and Techniques for Character Interpretation: A Handbook of Psychology for Actors, Writers and Directors
ISBN: 9780879103262 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A must for both the aspiring and seasoned artist. Uniquely geared to the work of theatre and film artists, this book, for the first time, sets out clearly and concisely the ideas, principles, and character typology of various psychological schools from Freudian, Kleinian, and Jungian to contemporary developments. The practical uses and applications of their theories are graphically demonstrated throughout the book by means of numerous examples and in-depth analyses drawn from classic and contemporary theatrical and cinematic literature. Stanislavskian methods are also discussed. An immensely...
A must for both the aspiring and seasoned artist. Uniquely geared to the work of theatre and film artists, this book, for the first time, sets out cle...
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107,85 zł |
Transformational Acting: A Step Beyond
ISBN: 9780879109783 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). Sande Shurin's enlightened acting technique is a determined effort to steer away from intellectual, theory-based instruction to a more creative and viscerally human approach. It moves beyond teaching how to represent a character or various emotions toward living a role with in-the-moment identification and urgency. Asserts Rapp of Rent fame, "Since I started working with Sande, I think it's safe to say my work on character and my ability to transform into character have exploded and expanded beyond anything I previously would have imagined."
(Limelight). Sande Shurin's enlightened acting technique is a determined effort to steer away from intellectual, theory-based instruction to a more cr...
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68,83 zł |
An Actor Prepares...to Live in New York City: How to Live Like a Star Before You Become One
ISBN: 9780879109868 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). A guide for actors, and everyone else, to getting the best for less and surviving, thriving and living the good life in the Big Apple. Here is the ultimate guidebook for the hordes of aspiring young performers who arrive in the Big City determined to climb the ladder to stardom. But the purpose of Craig Wroe, an actor himself, is not to provide instruction on how to refine acting, singing or dancing talents or how to land a job in the chorus of The Producers . Plenty of other books do that. His aim is far broader to help you survive in the crowded, frantic, expensive maelstrom...
(Limelight). A guide for actors, and everyone else, to getting the best for less and surviving, thriving and living the good life in the Big Apple. He...
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73,14 zł |
Picking Up the Tab: The Life and Movies of Martin Ritt
ISBN: 9780879726720 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Martin Ritt has been hailed as the United States's greatest maker of social films. From "No Down Payment" early in his career to "Stanley and Iris," his last production, he delineated the nuances of American society. In between were other social statements such as "Hud," "Sounder," "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold," "Norma Rae," and "The Great White Hope,"
Martin Ritt has been hailed as the United States's greatest maker of social films. From "No Down Payment" early in his career to "Stanley and Iris," h...
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94,72 zł |
Ustinov Still at Large
ISBN: 9780879759674 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Actor, producer, director, novelist, and playwright Peter Ustinov enchants his readers the world over with wit and deft turns of phrase, as only Ustinov can do!
Actor, producer, director, novelist, and playwright Peter Ustinov enchants his readers the world over with wit and deft turns of phrase, as only Ustin...
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103,53 zł |
Speech and Drama
ISBN: 9780880101424 / Angielski / Miękka / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this course, designed for students and professionals in the stage arts, Rudolf Steiner begins with a fundamental and spiritually-rooted appreciation of human speech and what actually takes place during human communication. Speech is a spiritual activity as well as an art form, lending itself to real interaction with both higher spiritual worlds and the human world of social conversation.
Steiner shows that speech is a powerful tool for any serious dramatist in conveying the reality of worlds, whether visible or invisible, to the individual souls in the audience. This... In this course, designed for students and professionals in the stage arts, Rudolf Steiner begins with a fundamental and spiritually-rooted appreciatio...
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190,50 zł |
Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus
ISBN: 9780896762527 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An essential companion for actors in rehearsal - a thesaurus of action words to revitalize performance.
An essential companion for actors in rehearsal - a thesaurus of action words to revitalize performance.
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86,09 zł |
Acting and Stage Movement: For Amateurs and Professionals
ISBN: 9780916260309 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In one handy volume, you get two complete books The first 80-some pages are dedicated to Acting, aiming to assist those who wish to act. The larger, second book is where you'll most appreciate the value of this book: an incredibly extensive, illustrated tutorial on Stage Movement and Postures. We've never seen another book as detailed as this one Every phase of motion -- sitting, walking and standing -- is addressed in great detail, breaking down the feet, hand, arm, eyes, and head. Several chapters explore the effects of age -- youth, middle, or old age -- on these same movements and... In one handy volume, you get two complete books The first 80-some pages are dedicated to Acting, aiming to assist those who wish to act. The large... |
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Theatre Games for Young Performers: Improvisations and Exercises for Developing Acting Skills
ISBN: 9780916260316 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This workbook explains the how, when, what and why of theatre games for young performers. The basics of pantomime, improvisations, voice control, monologs and dialogs are all presented in game formats with exercises and worksheets for easy organization.
This workbook explains the how, when, what and why of theatre games for young performers. The basics of pantomime, improvisations, voice control, mono...
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81,77 zł |