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as they prepare for a career in performance, contending that many aspects of contemporary actor training in the US are outdated and limiting.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 performanc

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780367873165
• ISBN-10: 0367873168
• Artikelnr.: 58441409

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