Name: Movement Training for the Modern Actor By Mark Evans (University of Canberra, Australia)
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Movement Training for the Modern Actor Summary

Movement Training for the Modern Actor by Mark Evans (University of Canberra, Australia)

This book is the first critical analysis of the key principles and practices informing the movement training of actors in the modern era. Focusing on the cultural history of modern movement training for actors, Evans traces the development of the 'neutral' body as a significant area of practice within drama school training and the relationship between movement pedagogy and the operation of discipline and power in shaping the professional identity of the actor.

The volume looks in detail at the influence of the leading figures in movement training - Laban, Alexander, Copeau and Lecoq - on twentieth century professional actor training, and is informed by interviews with students and staff at leading English drama schools. Mark Evans re-evaluates the significance of movement training in the professional drama school, offering a new understanding of the body as a site for performative resistance to industrialization. Despite the publication of a number of 'how to' books on movement training for the professional acting student, this is the first text to look behind the curtain and write the unseen biography of the actor's body.

Movement Training for the Modern Actor Reviews

'Including a comprehensive bibliography, this heavily annotated study is a must read for those who teach dance and movement... Highly recommended.' - CHOICE

'Extremely well researched... The book gives a positive message about the movement training of actors and should make students feel excited about this aspect of training.' - Teaching Drama

'Evan's writing style is accessible and the questions he raises are enlightening, relevant and often surprising' - Youth Drama Ireland

'Mark Evans' Movement Training for the Modern Actor is not another manual to be added to the expanding corpus of movement books for actors....the purpose of Evans' book, published in the Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies series, is different - and, for a plethora of reasons, groundbreaking. This book, certainly more interested in the context/contours of movement pedagogy rather than its content, and with a meticulously compiled list of bibliographical sources, is a most welcome addition to the blossoming field of critical engagement with body praxis.' --Konstantinos Thomaidis, Platform

'Including a comprehensive bibliography, this heavily annotated study is a must read for those who teach dance and movement... Highly recommended.' - CHOICE

'Extremely well researched... The book gives a positive message about the movement training of actors and should make students feel excited about this aspect of training.' - Teaching Drama

'Evan's writing style is accessible and the questions he raises are enlightening, relevant and often surprising' - Youth Drama Ireland

'Mark Evans' Movement Training for the Modern Actor is not another manual to be added to the expanding corpus of movement books for actors....the purpose of Evans' book, published in the Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies series, is different - and, for a plethora of reasons, groundbreaking. This book, certainly more interested in the context/contours of movement pedagogy rather than its content, and with a meticulously compiled list of bibliographical sources, is a most welcome addition to the blossoming field of critical engagement with body praxis.' --Konstantinos Thomaidis, Platform

About Mark Evans (University of Canberra, Australia)

Mark Evans is Associate Dean of the Coventry School of Art and Design at Coventry University. He recently published Jacques Copeau (Routledge Performance Practitioners series, 2006).

Acknowledgments Introduction: Movement Training for Actors Chapter One: Educating Efficient Labor for the Acting Profession Chapter Two: The 'Neutral' Body, the 'Natural' Body and Movement Training for Actors Chapter Three: Movement Training for Actors and the Docile Body Chapter Four: Movement Training and the Unruly Body Conclusion: Overview and Projections Bibliography Index

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NPB9780415963671

ISBN 13

9780415963671

ISBN 10

0415963672

Title

Movement Training for the Modern Actor by Mark Evans (University of Canberra, Australia)

Author

Mark Evans (University of Canberra, Australia)

Series

Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

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New

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Hardback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

2008-12-11

Number of pages

222

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Movement Training for the Modern Actor Mark Evans (University of Canberra, Australia)

Movement Training for the Modern Actor by Mark Evans (University of Canberra, Australia)

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