The Expressive Actor: Integrated Voice, Movement and Acting Training / Edition 1

by Michael Lugering

Overview

"The study of acting should not begin with an exploration of feeling, perception, imagination, memories, intention, personalization, self-identification... or even performance—but physical action."

Michael Lugering's The Expressive Actor presents a foundational, preparatory training method, using movement to unlock the entire acting process. Its action-based perspective integrates voice, movement and basic acting training into a unified approach.

A wealth of exercises and diagrams guide the reader through this internationally taught program, making it an ideal step-by-step course for both solo and classroom use. Through this course, voice and body training becomes more than a simple skill-building activity – it is the central prerequisite to any actor training.

This new Routledge edition has been fully updated, to include:

• A revised prologue, further discussing the historical and philosophical grounding of The Lugering Method
• A new introduction, with particular focus on the integrative nature of the method and how the book should be used.
• New developments, clarifications, and 12 new exercises.
• 6 new illustrative diagrams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415669306
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/03/2012
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Lugering is the founding director of the Expressive Actor, a non-profit arts organization committed to integrated methods of actor training, and a Full Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has taught master classes in acting, voice, movement and classical text throughout the US, Korea, and the UK.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Prologue 1. Introduction to the Method 2. Overview of the Method 3. Introduction to the Actor Part 2: Principles of Expressive Action 4. Expressive Action 5. Expressive Action in Context 6. Architecture of an Expressive Action Part 3: Principles of Integration 7. Integration Part 4: Stacking 8. Introduction to Stacking 9. Moving 10. Breathing 11. Sounding 12. Speaking 13. Extending the Barre Part 5: Technique 14. Preliminaries 15. Voice and Body Exercises 16. Language and Character Exercise Epilogue Appendix I: Expressive Continuum Appendix II: Actions Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

‘The Expressive Actor by Michael Lugering presents a comprehensive training method – bringing together voice, movement and basic acting skills. It’s very specific and very detailed with lots of impressive exercises and diagrams.’ – Susan Elkin, The Stage

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