Cara Harker

Foundations for Performance Training

Skills for the Actor-Dancer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Foundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer explores the physical, emotional, theoretical, and practical components of performance training in order to equip readers with the tools needed to successfully advance in their development as artists and entertainers.

Each chapter provides a fresh perspective on subjects that students of acting and dance courses encounter throughout their training as performing artists. Topics include:

Equity, diversity, and inclusion in performance

Mind/body conditioning for training, rehearsal, and performance

Developing stage presence and spatial awareness

Cultivating motivation and intention in performance

Expanding repertoire and broadening skillset for performance

Auditioning for film and stage

Developing theatrical productions

This book also offers experiential exercises, journal writing prompts, and assignments to engage readers, enrich their learning experience, and deepen their exploration of the material described in each chapter. Readers will grow as performing artists as they analyze the principles of both acting and dance and discover how deeply the two art forms are intertwined.

An excellent resource for students of acting, musical theatre, and dance courses, Foundations for Performance Training encourages a strong foundation in creative analysis, technique, artistic expression, and self-care to cultivate excellence in performance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9780367711801
• ISBN-10: 036771180X
• Artikelnr.: 62916991

Autorenporträt

Cara Harker is a Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), where she teaches musical theatre dance, theatre movement, jazz, tap, ballroom, aerial, improvisation, and composition. She also serves as program coordinator for the dance minor program.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Embracing Performance and Communing with the Audience: Acting, Dance, and the Performer's Role in Society 2. Performer Preparation: Practices from Theatre Movement for Mind/Body Connection and Free Expression 3. Performance Building Blocks: Key Concepts in Ballet Dance Technique for Presence and Authenticity on Stage and Screen 4. Discovering Character Motivation and Intention through Acting Technique and Physical Theatre 5. Jazz Dance and Musical Theatre: The Quintessential Combination of Acting and Dance in Performance 6. Auditioning: From a Necessary Evil to a Time to Shine 7. Performer and Theatre Maker: Creating New Works and Breathing New Life into Established Works 8. On Health and Wellness: Self-Care for Longevity as a Performer Final Thoughts Appendix Index

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Introduction 1. Embracing Performance and Communing with the Audience:
Acting, Dance, and the Performer's Role in Society 2. Performer
Preparation: Practices from Theatre Movement for Mind/Body Connection and
Free Expression 3. Performance Building Blocks: Key Concepts in Ballet
Dance Technique for Presence and Authenticity on Stage and Screen 4.
Discovering Character Motivation and Intention through Acting Technique and
Physical Theatre 5. Jazz Dance and Musical Theatre: The Quintessential
Combination of Acting and Dance in Performance 6. Auditioning: From a
Necessary Evil to a Time to Shine 7. Performer and Theatre Maker: Creating
New Works and Breathing New Life into Established Works 8. On Health and
Wellness: Self-Care for Longevity as a Performer Final Thoughts Appendix
Index