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Author:   Shona Morris
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781350369153

ISBN 10:   1350369152
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   30 April 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface PART ONE Introduction - What is Actor Movement Training? Chapter 1 - How to Use This Book Two Strands of Movement: Pure and Expressive Movement Chapter 2 - The Elastic Body A State of Readiness Technical and creative foundation work for Actors - the body Pure Movement- First Classes Chapter 3 - Expressive Movement First Classes – core principles Working together, listening and responding using space. Technical and creative foundation – the ensemble Chapter 4- The Swings The Liberators PART TWO Chapter 5 - Stories of adaptation and transformation Creative Expression and Play through Matter, Animals, Shapes and Movement Qualities Expressive Movement developed Chapter 6 - Breaking away The other The Neutral Mask and the Mask Chapter 7 - Working with the elements and how to apply them to theatre-making and complex text Chapter 8 - The Chorus: Ancient and Modern and the democratic space PART THREE Chapter 9 - Rehearsing with movement and how to make innovative work Chapter 10 - How to make your own system using these fundamental techniques Further reading Bibliography Index

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Shona Morris is a movement teacher, movement director and actor. She has held positions at RADA (Lead Movement Tutor), Drama Centre London (Course Leader BA Acting) and Rose Bruford (Head of Movement), and taught at many other schools, including Manchester School of Theatre, Mountview and LAMDA. From 2003 to 2015, she was Head of Movement and visiting artist at the Stratford Festival Theatre, Ontario, Canada. She has taught movement, neutral mask and chorus work nationally and internationally, and has worked as a movement director on many productions, as well as creating her own work as a writer and director. She trained at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and worked as an actor for 20 years, before training with Trish Arnold for 13 years.

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