Peter Zazzali

Acting in the Academy

The History of Professional Actor Training in US Higher Education

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Produktbeschreibung

Acting in the Academy looks at ways of re-empowering students as they prepare for a career in performance, contending that many aspects of contemporary actor training in the US are outdated and limiting. Peter Zazzali calls for a reconceptualization of the standard courses in voice and speech, movement, or performance to include an entrepreneurial model more suited to today's job market. By exploring the development of actor training in the US, it answers questions about how training programs and the acting profession have developed alongside one another, and how courses might better prepare students for the realities of American acting today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9781138914384
• ISBN-10: 113891438X
• Artikelnr.: 43677043

Autorenporträt

Peter Zazalli is Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Kansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Challenges Facing US Acting and Actor Training Today
Chapter 2 20th Century US Acting and Actor Training: From Stanislavsky to
the
League
Chapter 3 Putting the League in Its Socio-historical Context
Chapter 4 Exploring the League's "Uneasy Dichotomy" With Higher Education
Chapter 5 The Rise of the "New Breed" of American Actors and the League's
Dissolution
Chapter 6 Empowering Actors: An Entrepreneurial Approach