Integrating text analysis and techniques for using actor's experience and imagination to approach performance gives this first-edition text unique relevance. Equally useful to beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of acting, it addresses problems common to all actors: understanding the text, finding it a viable interpretation, dealing with the language of the play, and using one's body and mind and imagination to create a fully realized performance.

An Actor Performs

Shapiro, Mel

Humor & Entertainment

Cengage Learning'

Characterized by its compact form and readable style, THE DIRECTOR'S COMPANION pays particular attention to the language of a play and the importance of the director's dialogue. A director cannot direct successfully without a firm grasp of the author's intent.

The Director's Companion

Wadsworth

Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or advanced students of acting, AN ACTOR PERFORMS will help you use your experience and imagination to approach performance! You'll explore problems common to all actors: understanding the text, finding it a viable interpretation, dealing with the language of the play, and using one's body and mind and imagination to create a fully realized performance.

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Sports & Outdoors

Castle

Your best performance is still to come! In the latest edition of his book An Actor Performs, Shapiro breaks down the techniques that enable actors to connect with script and character on a new level: <ul>
<li>In part I, “The Tools,” explore the basics through storytelling and improvisation, and learn to analyze language in a way that will allow you to own the role.</li> <li>In part II, “The Process,” delve into exercises that will help you tap into your imagination and connect with your personal experiences to enhance the portrayal of the challenges faced by your character.</li> <li>In part III, “The Characterization,” flesh out your character’s personal experiences, and learn more about yourself and your character via various methods of performance art.</li> <li>In part IV, “Extending Your Range,” partake in advanced exercises to dig deeper and expand the connection with character and audience.</li> <li>In part V, “Performing,” hear from some of the best in interviews with actors Ron Leibman, Olympia Dukakis, Laura San Giacomo, Allison Janney, and Mel Shapiro himself as they discuss the nature of acting on the stage and for the screen.</li> </ul>
Forget the jargon-laden textbooks of the past, and instead learn through firsthand experiences with Mel Shapiro and An Actor Performs.

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Through discussion and examples A Director's Companion elaborates on key aspects such as: the director as a storyteller; the director as an interpreter of the author's text; the director as a collaborator; and the director as a stager.

A Director's Companion

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An Actor Performs

The Director's Companion

An Actor Performs

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An Actor Performs

A Director's Companion