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Play-Acting: A Guide to Theatre Workshops

Play-Acting: A Guide to Theatre Workshops


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Play-Acting is an inspired book of theatrical beginnings-jumping-off points for actors, teachers, and directors. Drawing upon his thirty years of designing and leading theater workshops, Luke Dixon goes to the heart of contemporary theater practice. Whether drawing upon Japanese butoh, Shakespearean verse, or African rhythms, these thirty-two workshops cover a wide range of activities-voice warm-ups, body work, the exploration of theatrical space, life games, dreamtime, sense and chakras, working with the spine, and much, much more. More than a collection of exercises, Play-Acting is constructed to take the user on a journey from learning about the anatomy of the individual actor's body to the performance of narrative by a group of actors. With tips on what you might expect to experience as an actor, teacher, or director, along with ideas on how to exploit the unexpected in performance, Play-Acting is a book to be read again and again.

Table of Contents:
PART ONE - BODY and VOICE Introduction 1 The Foot 2 Connecting the Bones 3 The Spine 4 Stepping into Space 5 Theatrical Space 6 The Journey of Life 7 Theatre of the Gods 8 Life Games 9 Breath 10 A Word or Two 11 Blind Man's Buff 12 A Shakespeare Summer 13 Text 14 Rhythm 15 The Drum 16 Revision PART TWO - HEART and SOUL Introduction 17 Senses and Chakras 18 Box of Emotions 19 One to Ten and Beyond 20 Play 21 Salt Labyrinth 22 Dreamtime 23 Transformations 24 Through the Looking Glass 25 Tango 26 Animals and Archetypes 27 Postcard People 28 Playing with Gender 29 Clothing 30 Magic Silks 31 Once Upon a Time 32 Performance; Epilogue

About the Author :

Luke Dixon is Artistic Director of the International Workshop Festival, London. He has directed internationally (including the Berliner Ensemble) and has been a contributing editor to Performance Magazine.



Review :

"This book is an effective introduction to theatre interaction in which technical accuracy promotes individual inventiveness."


." -- Eugenio Barba
"A great book for performing arts students or for teachers or fledgling directors new to devising . . . a very useful addition to performing arts libraries."


." -- Total Theatre Magazine
"I find this book packed with information and ideas, an enormous support in the classroom."
-- Clare Davidson, director and professor of acting, College of Santa Fe


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781000946062
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1000946061
  • Publisher Date: 28 Apr 2023
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: A Guide to Theatre Workshops


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