David Zinder

Body Voice Imagination

Imagework Training and the Chekhov Technique

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

David Zinder's Body Voice Imagination is written by one of the master teachers of the Michael Chekhov technique of acting training. This book is a comprehensive course of exercises devoted to the development of actors' creative expressivity, comprising both pre-Chekhov ImageWork Training and seminal exercises of the Chekhov technique. It also details the way in which these techniques can be applied to performance through a discovery of the profound connections between the actor's body, imagination and voice. This new edition has been fully updated, with revisions and new material: Updated exercises, reflecting developments in David Zinder's own ImageWork Training An detailed description, with exercises, of ImageWork's connections to the Chekhov technique A new chapter, bridging the gap between training and performance Body Voice Imagination develops both a comprehensive physical training system and an emphasis on practical character work. This authoritative programme of 'pre-Chekhov' training is furnished with essential notes and advice from the author's vast store of professional experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU52698
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9780415461986
• ISBN-10: 0415461987
• Artikelnr.: 25843042

Autorenporträt

David Zinder, Professor Emeritus of the Tel Aviv University Dept. of Theatre Arts, was a founding member of the Michael Chekhov Association, and has over three decades of experience in actor training and directing. Today he is a freelance international director.

Inhaltsangabe

Pre-text Introduction Part 1: Logic 1. The logic of training 2. Training into writing 3. Technicalities Part 2: Praxis 4. The exercises 5. From training to performance Afterword Bibliography Index