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161 IMAGES — THE ROYAL BALLET. Johan Persson
Johan Persson was a Principal with The Royal Ballet until a knee injury ended his dancing career. A talented photographer, Johan turned to his camera to combine his two loves — dance and photography. Focusing on his colleagues and friends as they rehearse, relax and perform, he has created an intimate and elegant portrait of this famous company at work during the 2002/3 season. ISBN 1 84002 374 0
THE ACTOR AND HIS BODY. L. Pisk
Litz Pisk is known for being the most influential teacher of theatre movement today. She searches for the awareness of the emotional and psychological impulses that should motivate an actor in his or her role. Suggested workouts also make this book suitable for keeping physically fit.
THE ADAM DARIUS METHOD — A Technical and Practical Handbook for all Performing Artists. Adam Darius (HB)
This long-awaited book explains how to achieve maximum expression in movement, be the interpreter actor, dancer, singer, mime artist, or clown. Acclaimed in over sixty countries as one of the greatest mime tragedian of our time, Adam Darius here reveals his techniques for performance. The text is accompanied by many photographs.
ALEXANDER PRINCIPLE — Wilfred Barlow
THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE. Judith Leibowitz and Bill Connington
This ground-breaking book brings the Alexander Technique within reach of us all. Practical and informative, it introduces a holistic movement method devised more than a hundred years ago, which has been used by generations of actors, dancers, musicians and athletes to improve posture, flexibility and stamina, and to prevent strain.
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Richard Brennan
This is a simple method of improving posture and body movement in order to reduce the physical and mental tensions that we all accumulate throughout our lives. Developed at the turn of the nineteenth century by F M Alexander, this practical system has been used by millions of people to help relieve common ailments and to enhance general health and well-being. ISBN 1-8433-104 -7
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE (teach yourself) — Richard Craze
This book is a complete, no-nonsense reference guide to an increasingly popular alternative therapy in which realignment of the spine and body provides stress relief and an enhanced sense of well-being. This book explores the history of the technique and how it has developed, and includes practical exercises to maximize your understanding. ISBN 0 340 86766 3
THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE FOR ACTORS — Kelly McEvenue. Foreword by Patsy Rosenburg
The author guides the reader through the main principles of the Alexander Technique and shows how to put them into practice when warming up, rehearsing and performing on stage. Through a series of easy-to-follow exercises — combined with first-hand accounts from professional actors we learn how the Alexander Technique can help arrest unwanted physical habits, improve stamina and liberate the voice. ISBN 0 413 71010 6
THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE WORKBOOK — Your Personal System for Health, Poise, and Fitness. Richard Brennan
In this step-by-step guide, Richard Brennan outlines the Alexander technique and, by means of a series of simple exercises and procedures, shows how the technique can help us achieve a healthier and more balanced life. ISBN 1 84333 444 5
ANNA HALPRIN. Libby Worth and Helen Poynor
Anna Halprin’s radical approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art has significantly influenced the development of twentieth-century performance practice. This volume is the first to combine an overview of Halprin’s life and the evolution of her work over the past 60 years. ISBN 0 415 27330 7
THE ART OF CHANGING. Exploring the Alexander Technique and its Relationship to the Human Energy Body. Glen Park.
Glen Park begins by explaining Alexander’s basic principles with the help of observational exercises and imaginative line drawings. She then applies these principles to emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions. The Art of Changing gives fascinating insights into how we really function and how we can allow positive change to occur in our lives. ISBN 1-85398-130-3
THE BODY CAN SPEAK. Annelise Mertz
In this book students are taught how to use their bodies as instruments of expression with movement as medium, investigating space, energy, time and motion in order to gain insight and essential awareness of self. Such work stimulates the senses and intellect. The book gives voice to accomplished teachers, actors, dancers, directors, authors, and choreographers. Forty-eight photographs add an illuminating visual dimension to this wealth of stimulating ideas. ISBN 0-8093-2419-9
THE BODY, DANCE AND CULTURAL THEORY — Helen Thomas
This major new book by Helen Thomas makes the connections between burgeoning interest in the body in social and cultural analysis and a variety of dance forms and practices. It uses dance as a means of reflecting on the possibilities and limitations associated with the ways in which the body has been conceptualised in social and cultural theory. At the same, the book offers a rich resource in case material. ISBN 0 333 724532 1
THE BODY SPEAKS — Performance and Expression. Lorna Marshall. Foreword by Yoshi Oida
Good performers — be they opera singers, Shakespearean actors, Butoh dancers or movie stars — are able to engage with their audience because they have learned to use their bodies effectively. Through a series of practical exercises, Lorna Marshall enables us to recognise and lose unwanted physical habits and discover new possibilities for the body, enriching our experience and letting us communicate more effectively. ISBN 0413 77114 8
BREATHING, MOVEMENT, EXPLORATION. Barbara Sellers-Young
This is a ground-breaking approach to how to use your body. The author combines body mechanics with Eastern and Western philosophy to create a new visceral awareness of the performance process.
This book’s simple, step-by-step structure enables the reader to learn the concepts of Laban and Stanislavski while exploring eastern ideas of breath and energy. ISBN 1 55783 470 9
CLOWN ACT OMNIBUS — Everything You Need to Know About Clowning Plus Over 200 Clown Stunts. Wes McVicar
Everything you need to know to stage successful clown performances from the basics of being a clown to clown equipment, walk-ons and walk-arounds, clown acts with special equipment and over 200 skit ideas.
CLOWN SKITS FOR EVERYONE — 32 Skits for One or Two Clowns. Prop Instructions. Performing Tips. Happy Jack Feder. Illustrated by Lafe Locke
Happy Jack Feder, a clown, a mime and a puppeteer — gives advice and ideas.
CREATIVE CLOWNING. Bruce Fife, Tony Blanco, Steve Kissell, Bruce Johnson, Ralph Dewey, Hal Diamond, Jack Wiley, Gene Lee
"This book contains a wealth of information useful for anyone thinking about becoming a full or part-time clown". Career Opportunities. "An excellent book ... If you’re not funnier after reading this book, you’re hopeless." The Book Reader
DANCE AND DRAMA IN BALI. Walter Spies and Bery de Zoete
Preface by Arthur Waley. New introduction by Michael Hitchcock
First published in 1938 this book has become a classic in the literature of Bali and has never been surpassed as the first full and connected account of the dances and dance-dramas which play such an important part in the lives of the Balinese. ISBN 962 593 880 X
DESIGN FOR MOVEMENT. Lyn Oxenford
The author analyses effective movement in all its phases and styles, on stage and in public generally. Using individual exercises, practical ways of patterning group movements are shown, making a valuable explanation of the subject which will be useful to actors and directors within amateur theatre.
DISABILITY AND CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE — Bodies on Edge. Petra Kuppers
Petra Kuppers, herself an award-winning artist and theorist, investigates the ways in which disabled performers challenge, change and work with current stereotypes through their work. She explores freak shows fantasies and "medical theatre’ as well as art, webwork, theatre, dance, photography and installations, to cast entirely new light on contemporary identity politics and aesthetics. ISBN 0 415 30239 0
THE DRAMA IDEAS BANK — Brilliant Ideas for Improvisation and Mime. ISBN 1 84321 030 4
THE DRAMATIC BODY — An Introduction to Physical Characterization. Torben Jetsmark. Edited and translated by Per Brask
An introduction to mime and physical theatre providing an engaging series of exercises and observations that help students acquire effective techniques for using the body as a dramatic instrument.
HOLISTIC BODYWORK FOR PERFORMERS. A Practical Guide. Janet Free and Nicky Ramsay
Since Stanislavsky discovered yoga more than a hundred years ago, performers have employed an increasingly diverse range of holistic practices to help prepare their bodies and minds for the creative process. This book gives hands-on practical guidance for some of the most important bodywork practices being unused in theatre and training centres, including yoga, tai chi, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais and Contact Improvisation. Alternative therapies like shiatsu and reflexology, which provide pathways to understanding the body’s natural balancing and energy systems, are also introduced with accessible guidelines for safe practical use. ISBN 1 86126 699 5
ILLUSTRATED ELEMENTS OF ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE — Glynn MacDonald. A practical program for health, poise and fitness
This is a unique and inspired guide that clearly explains the background, benefits, and beauty of the Alexander Technique. Packed with full-colour illustrations. ISBN 0 00 713385 5
JACQUES LECOQ AND THE BRITISH THEATRE. Ed. by Franc Chamberlain and Ralph Yarrow.
This brings together the first collection of essays in English to focus on Lecoq’s school of mime and physical theatre. ISBN 0 415 27025 1
KATHAKALI — DANCE DRAMA, WHERE GODS AND DEMONS COME TO PLAY. Phillip B. Zarrilli
Kathakali, the distinctive dance-drama of Kerala in south-west India, is comprehensively illuminated in this unique book. Based on India’s great epics, the heroes, heroines, gods and demons enact their stories in traditions Kathakali performances.
LABAN FOR ACTORS AND DANCERS — Putting Laban’s Movement Theory into Practice. A Step-by-step Guide. J. Newlove
Laban is to movement what Stanislavski is to acting. He was the first to create a system for human movement. Used as a handbook for teachers and students wanting a simple and practical introduction to the Laban system of movement.
LABAN FOR ALL — Jean Newlove & John Dalby
Laban for All offers a simplified version of his system which can be used by relative beginners upwards. The result is a thorough — and thoroughly practical — grounding in the most significant movement system of modern times. ISBN 1 85459 725 6
LEON BASKT — The Art of Theatre and Dance. Elizabeth Ingles HB
Together with Diaghilev, Léon Baskt shows himself to be the most talented of the theatre group designers of his time. The costumes he devised with exclusive art seemed to shimmer with a thousand colours. Today his designs remain very popular and may still be seen on stage scenes all over the world, admired by the public that remains as enthusiastic as ever. ISBN 1 85995 499 5
MAKING AN ENTRANCE — Theory and Practice for Disabled and Non-Disabled Dancers. Adam Benjamin
Making an Entrance is the first practical introduction to the teaching of dance with disabled and non disabled students as equal contributors. This clearly written, thought provoking, and hugely enjoyable manual is essential reading for all those addressing difference through the art of dance. ISBN 0 415 25144 3
MASTERING MOVEMENT — THE LIFE AND WORK OF RUDOLF LABAN. John Hodgson
This major study explores the foundation of Laban’s ideas, the development of his theories and working partnerships and the application of his system in different fields. It also gives the student, actor, dancer or general reader a practical understanding of balance and harmony in the human body — the core of Laban’s thinking. ISBN 0 413 70530 7
MEDIEVAL COMBAT — A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat. Hans Talhoffer. Translated and Edited by Mark Rector
This captivating and lavishly illustrated "fight-book" makes one of the most influential fencing manuals of the Middle Ages available in English in paperback for the first time. More than 260 beautifully drawn pictures demonstrates the authentic 15th century techniques for nearly every weapon in the medieval knight’s arsenal, as well as methods for judicial combats between nobles and between peasants. Originally written in 1467 by master of arms Hans Talhoffer, it presents not only a unique historic record but also a superb visual guide for modern practitioners. ISBN 1 85367 582 2
MIME. Jean Dorcy
A study of the modern French mime, highlighted by chapters on the Cole du Vieux-Colombier, the Comédiens-Routiers, the Compagnie des Quinze, and the Compagnie Théâtre le Proscenium.
MIME — A Playbook of Silent Fantasy. Kay Hamblin
The art of mime explained clearly and simply. Each technique is followed by suggestions for mime games you can play with your friends. There’s also practical information for people who want to introduce mime to groups, and tips for performers.
MIME AND IMPROVISATION. Alison Muir and Patricia Hammond
Written to accompany the LAMDA Examination syllabus, this book looks in detail at specific aspects of two key performance disciplines and places them within the wider context of drama training.
MIME OVER MATTER — A Mime Workshop Book. Pat Keysell
The author shares his experiences from many years of exploration in the field.
MOVEMENT TRAINING FOR THE STAGE AND SCREEN. Jean Sabatine
Actors understand the importance of training the body to attain good breath control, movement and agility. They must also develop the ability to express emotions when portraying characters. Less well understood however, is the vital awareness of mind, spirit and body that must be developed and explored in an actor’s education. This book incorporates these aspects of an actor’s training in a systematic course of study — in fact the only course of its type to be offered in one workbook.
MOVES — A Sourcebook of ideas for body awareness and creative movement -By Katya Bloom and Rosa Shreeves
THE MOVING BODY. Teaching Creative Theatre. Jacques Lecoq
With Jean-Gabriel Carasso and Jean-Claude Lallias. Translated from Le Corps Poetique by David Bradby
Lecoq shares his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre. ISBN 0 413 77194 6
NO FIXED POINTERS — Dance in the Twentieth Century. Nancy Reynolds and Malcolm McCormick
A survey of a century of dramatic developments in ballet, modern dance and avant-garde dance for stage and screen in Europe and North America, including show dancing, tap and jazz. With more than 200 fascinating illustrations.
ISBN 0 300 09366 7 HB
ONE MORE MIME TIME — A Collection of Seven Mime Skits. Debbie Howell
The Sale
The Toothpaste
The Balloon Booth
The Batting Machine
The Mask
The Mirror
The Champion
A PERFORMER PREPARES — An Aid to Song Preparation for Actors, Singers and Dancers. David Craig. (HB)
"David Craig, through his training, has miraculously fused the art of acting and singing. He has put the wings of talent on his students." Stella Adler
PLAYING COMMEDIA — A Training Guide to Commedia Techniques. Barry Grantham
Warm-up Games, Mime and Movements, Word Games, Face Masks and the Legacy of Commedia Dell’Arte
This book offers a practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia dell’Arte through graded games and illustrated exercises. It provides a useful tool in any actor’s training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre. ISBN 1 85459 466 4
PRINCIPLES OF STAGE COMBAT HANDBOOK. Claude D. Kezer
Punches, kicks and knockouts ... whips, swords and knives ... Learn it all, from your first
fall down a flight of stairs to your first stabbing!
THE SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE READER edited by Susan Vaneta Mason
This reader is a long overdue collection of the finest political satires created and produced by the Tony Award-winning company during the last forty years. ISBN 0-472-06842-3
SO YOU WANT TO DANCE ON BROADWAY? Insight and Advice from the Pros Who Know Who Know. Tina Paul. Foreword by Tommy Tune
Veteran performer and choreographer Tina Paul dispels myths and delivers the inside dope about achieving your dream of dancing on Broadway. Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth, and eleven other dancers join Tina in sharing their diverse experiences to help you make the right choices, avoid embarrassing mistakes, and prepare for the challenges that lead to Broadway career. ISBN 0 325 00536 2
STAGE FIGHTS — A Simple Handbook of Techniques. Gilbert Gordon
Provides historical information and fight know-how in a lucid text. Illustrated.
SWASHBUCKLING— A Step By Step Guide the Art of Stage Combat and Theatrical Swordplay. Richard Lane
This is the ultimate guide to stage fighting technique and basic swordplay. In words and in pictures it covers everything an actor must do to give a dynamic performance as a stage combatant. Covered in detail are weaponry, warm-up exercises, unarmed combat, footwork, defence and attack techniques, and working with fight directors.
SWORD FIGHTING — A Manual for Actors and Directors. Keith Ducklin and John Waller
This book provides expert guidelines on how to train with historical weapons, as well as showing how authentic European fighting styles from the past can be adapted for the purpose of directing combats for stage, screen and living history projects in the 21st Century. ISBN 1 55783 459 8
THEATRE OF MOVEMENT AND GESTURE. Jaques Lecoq. Edited by David Bradby
Jaques Lecoq was probably the most influential theorist and teacher of what is now known as physical theatre, Theatre of Movement and Gesture, published in France in 1987, is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. Lecoq traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. ISBN 0 415 35944 9
THROUGH THE BODY — A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre. Exploration and exercises in devising, mask-work, play, complicité and total theatre. Dymphna Callery.
Based on twelve years of teaching physical theatre, the author introduces the reader to the principles behind the work of certain key 20th-century theatre practitioners (Artaud, Grotowski, Meyerhold, Brook and Lecoq, among others) and offers exercises by which their theories can be turned into practice and their principles explored in action. ISBN 1 85459 630 6
TOCORORO — A Cuban Tale. Carloa Acosta. Photographs by Angela Taylor
In a series of captivating images TOCORORO: A Cuban Tale follows the making of Carlos Acosta’s first piece of dance theatre as choreographer and star from rehearsals and its world premiere in Havana to its sell-out London season at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. ISBN 1 84002 488 7
TOWARDS PERFECT POSTURE — At home or at work, feel fitter and happier by improving your posture. Brian Door
By the time most of us are working full time or bringing up a family we walk, stand, sit and lie down without thinking about it … and often suffer back problems, headaches and other common aches and pains. It’s all down to our posture and the bad habits of a lifetime. Using principles of the Alexander Technique, and written specifically for those not able to have lessons, this quick and easy introduction to improving your posture will help you to: survive long-haul flight in economy or business class; take the strain out of daily chores; keep your mind focused and your body rested. ISBN 0 75281 680 2
USE OF THE SELF. F. M. Alexander
WORDS ON MIME. by Etienne Decroux. Translated by Mark Piper
This is the first book that a mime has ever written on this art. The reader will find collected in this volume the thoughts of Etienne Decroux, who is above all, a man of the theatre: these take the form of lectures that he delivered in Europe and the United States: articles from magazines, unpublished essays, and notes he prepared for his classes. ISBN 0 37195 045 6
YES? NO! MAYBE…Seductive Ambiguity in
Dance Emilyn Claid
Yes? No! Maybe…Seductive Ambiguity in Dance is a book about performing and watching dance. Using a unique combination of historical, academic and autobiographical voices, it covers 50 years of British dance,from Margot Fonteyn in the 1950’s to innovative contemporary practitioners such as Wendy Houston, Nigel Charnock, Lloyd Newson, Javier de Frutos and Fin Walker. ISBN 0 415 37247 X
YOUR GUIDE TO THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE. John Gray
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