Annie Morrison

The Moment of Speech (eBook, PDF)

Creative Articulation for Actors

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Annie Morrison, creator of the Morrison Bone Prop, abandons the notion that language and thought are mainly processed in the left cerebral hemisphere, and coaches the actor to speak from the heart. Through this method, words acquire physical properties, such as weight, texture, colour and kinetic force.

Think about Martin Luther King, Mao Zedong or Malala Yousafzai; potent speech impacts external events. And internally, it forms and shapes the world of the speaker. Seeing articulation as a purely mechanical skill is detrimental to an actor's process: it is crucial to understand what language is doing on a biological level.

This workbook is invaluable for actors, both professional and in training, and also for voice and speech teachers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350107946
• Artikelnr.: 62745155

Autorenporträt

Annie Morrison has worked for over 40 years as a voice and speech therapist and teacher. She studied voice in performance at the Central School of Speech and Drama and has taught in London drama schools including Rose Bruford, Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Guildford School of Acting where she was Head of Voice. She teaches at RADA and is a visiting lecturer on several BA & MA Acting courses, as well as the MA Voice Studies course at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. She runs workshops on articulation and effective strategies for dysfunctional voice and speech issues for voice coaches and singing teachers in the UK and abroad. Annie has worked with the RSC and the National Theatre and is a voice coach with Brighton-based theatre company, "Actors of Dionysus". Her theatre work includes Katy Mitchell's 'Some Trace of Her' (National Theatre), Danny Boyle's 'Frankenstein' (National Theatre). Walter Meierjohann's 'Kafka's Monkey'(Young Vic). Art Malek's "Rose"(Pleasance Theatre). Adrian Noble's 'The King's Speech' (Wyndhams).
Peter Gill's "Making Noise Quietly" (Donmar Warehouse). David Grindley's "Our Boys" (Duchess Theatre), Douglas Rintoul's The Summer Book (Unicorn), Translations (ETT, National Theatre).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One: Intelligibility
Chapter Two: Fundamentals
Chapter Three: Centering
Chapter Four: Releasing Tension
Chapter Five: Exploring the Articulators
Chapter Six: Exploring Sounds
Chapter Seven: Troublesome Sounds
Chapter Eight: Connected Speech
Chapter Nine: Poetry
Chapter Ten: Drills & Word Lists
Appendix I: Vocal Health, Nasal & Sinus Health, Aural Health
Appendix II: Additional Eye Exercises
References