Lust, Annette.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-328) and index.
- Introduction: goals and objectives for learning to move expressively — 1. Physical and expressive exercises — Definitions of stage and screen movement, mime, pantomime, corporeal mime, stage combat, physical theatre and physical improvisation — Conducting a class and practicing on one’s own — Basic physical and expressive exercises — Utilizing movement to create a visual image — 2. Subjects for improvisation, pantomimes, nonverbal acting, physicalizing the word, and mime and text — Improvisation — Pantomimes and scenes for nonverbal acting — Physicalizing the word, mime and text — 3. Interviews and essays — A conversation with Bill Irwin on mime and acting — Interview with Bernie Schürch and Floriana Frassetto of the Swiss Mummenschanz Company — Interview with Geoff Hoyle on the mime-clown-actor’s art — Etienne Decroux and the contemporary theatre: Decroux corporeal mime / by Robert Fleshman — Interview with Joanna Sherman and Michael McGuigan on the Bond Street Theatre — On movement training for the actor / Joan Schirle — Dance and the female body / Ilka Schönbein — Interview with Liebe Wetzel on movement in puppetry — Images and body expression in film: gift of the gods / Karina Epperlein — Theatrical dance / by Joe Goode — The clown conservatory teaching of professional clowns in the twenty-first century / Jeff Raz — Movement for puppeteers / Jo Tomalin — Too much geniality: notes and quotes on a reappraisal stage versus screen acting / Ken Bullock — The body of theater / Mark Jackson — How Charlie Chaplin spun stagecraft into cinematic gold / Dan Kamin.
- In ‘Bringing the Body to the Stage and Screen,’ Annette Lust provides stage and screen artists with a program of physical and related expressive exercises that can empower their art with more creativity. In this book, Lust provides a general introduction to movement, including definitions and differences between movement on the stage and screen, how to conduct a class or learn on one’s own, and choosing a movement style. Throughout the book and in the appendixes, Lust incorporates learning programs that cover the use of basic physical and expressive exercises for the entire body. In addition, she provides original solo and group pantomimes improvisational exercises examples of plays, fiction, poetry, and songs that may be interpreted with movement a list of training centers in America and Europe and an extensive bibliography and videography. –From publisher description.
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