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Author: Christina Gutekunst (University of Essex, UK) ,
John Gillett (Independent scholar, UK)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Edition: 2nd edition
Weight: 0.642kg
ISBN: 9781350064911
ISBN 10: 1350064912
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 11 February 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The authors combine a depth of experience in voice teaching and in acting that enables them to write with authority, wisdom and clarity... The material is thorough, detailed, and very well organized. Strongly recommended. * David Carey, Voice and Text Director UK and USA * A unique and valuable resource for all those who wish to explore a cohesive and fully integrated method for bringing a character to vivid life... engaging the voice, body, and mind. * Theatre Topics, USA *
Author Information
John Gillett is the author of Acting on Impulse - Reclaiming the Stanislavski Approach (Methuen Drama, 2007); the second extended edition, Acting Stanislavski - A practical guide to Stanislavski's approach and legacy (Bloomsbury, 2014); and co-author with Christina Gutekunst of Voice into Acting - Integrating voice and the Stanislavski approach (Bloomsbury 2014, and now in a second edition, 2021). He has also written articles on acting and the preface for a new edition of Stanislavski's Creating a Role (Bloomsbury Revelations, 2013). John trained as an actor in the approach of Stanislavski and Michael Chekhov and has worked widely in theatre, radio, film and television. He has taught and directed in many drama schools, including RADA, LAMDA, CSSD, and GSA, and was Head of the Post Graduate Acting Course at East 15. John has run acting workshops here and aboad, is a member of Equity and has had a prominent role in the writing of recent arts policy documents for Equity and the Creative and Leisure Industries Committee of the TUC (2019). Christina Gutekunst has been Head of Voice at East 15 Acting School since 2003. Apart from co-writing Voice into Acting, she contributed a chapter, Organic Voice: Vocal Integration through Actor Training in Somatic Voices in Performance Research and Beyond (edited by Christina Kapadocha, 2020). Christina trained as an actor in Germany and Britain, and then gained her Post Graduate diploma and MA in voice studies at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has taught voice in numerous acting schools, has worked on voice-overs as actor and director and co-ran two theatre companies. She has also coached on productions for TV and theatre.
