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Author:   Melissa Hurt (Independent Theatre & Performance Scholar)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780415710817

ISBN 10:   0415710812
Pages:   124
Publication Date:   27 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………. I. ARTHUR LESSAC’S KINESENSICS AND EMBODIED ACTOR TRAINING… Contemporary Embodied Actor Training……………………………………… The Pedagogical Challenges of an Embodied Practice………………………... Methods…………………………………………………………………...…… II. GETTING TO KNOW YOU…………………………………………………..…… Back to Basics: Body Wisdom ………………………..………………………. Feeling the Process Within: Breath……………………………………………. Body Esthetics…………………………………………………………………. Gestalt…………………………………………………………………………. III. BRAIDING PERCEPTIONS THROUGH HEIGHTENED AWARENESS…..…. The Familiar Event Principle and Organic Instruction ……………………….. Attention……………………………………………………………………….. Habitual Awareness Principle and De-Patterning Principle…………………… The Braiding of Perceptions Through Gestalt…………………………………. The Flow Between Body Esthetics, the Familiar Event Principle, and Organic Instruction……………………………………………………………… IV. THE ACTOR’S RELATIONSHIP WITH SPACE…………………………….... The Actor’s Inner Space………………………………………………………. The Actor Inhabits Space……………………………………………………… An Expressive Other………………………………………………………… V. SPONTANEOUSLY FREE……………………………………………… Braiding of the Sentient and Sensible………………………………………. Subjectivity in Performance………………………………………………… Accomplishing Dual Consciousness………………………………………… AFTERWORD………………………………………………………………………. A Word on the Importance of Trust…………………………………………. APPENDIX A: SELECT TIMELINE OF ARTHUR LESSAC’S LIFE AND CAREER……………………………………………………………………... APPENDIX B: SAMPLE CURRICULUM…………………………………………... APPENDIX C: EXPLORATIONS FOR PERSONAL DISCOVERY……………….

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Melissa Hurt is a Lessac Certified Trainer and has taught acting and Lessac’s voice, speech, and movement work at colleges across the United States. She has a PhD from the University of Oregon and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University.

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