The actor and the Alexander technique / (Record no. 3983)

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International Standard Book Number 0312295154 (pbk.)
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International Standard Book Number 9780312295158 (pbk.)
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Edition number 20
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Personal name McEvenue, Kelly
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Uniform title Alexander technique for actors
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Title The actor and the Alexander technique /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Kelly McEvenue ; [foreword by Patsy Rodenburg].
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Edition statement First Palgrave Macmillan edition.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Palgrave, Macmillan,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2002.
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Extent xx, 148 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 21 cm.
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General note Previously published as: The Alexander technique for actors. London : Methuen, 2001.
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Title The Actor and the Alexander Technique :
-- Introduction --
-- F. M. Alexander's Story --
-- PART ONE: The Alexander technique in the theatre :
-- How the Alexander technique became my vocation --
-- The Alexander teacher's role in the production of a play --
-- The principles of the Alexander technique /
Statement of responsibility 1. Recognition of Habit ; 2. Inhibition - Pausing for an Instant to Arrest a Habit ; 3. The 'Primary Control' ; 4. Giving Direction - Learning to Use Your Thinking to Make a Change ; 5. 'Feelings' May Give Unreliable Feedback ; 6. End-gaining ; 7. Non-doing - 'Less is More' --
Title The anatomy lesson --
-- The actor prepares: warming up /
Statement of responsibility Preparing the Actor for Rehearsal or Performance: Warm-Up Exercises (1. Stretching on the Mat ; 2. Engaging the Abdominal Wall and the Back Muscles ; 3. A Shoulder Stretch ; 4. Getting Up Off the Floor ; 5. Finding Balance or 'Centre' ; 6. Arm Stretching ; 7. Undulating Through Centre ; 8. Find the Hip Joint ; 9. The Rolling-over Exercise ; 10. Balancing into Walking ; 11. An Open-leg Stretch) --
Title PART TWO: Putting the Alexander technique to work :
-- Partner work: moving in relationship /
Statement of responsibility Partner Work and Spatial Awareness Exercises ; 1. Spatial Awareness Exercises ; 2. Endowment - Observing the Other ; 3. Stage 2 of Spatial Awareness ; 4. Contact Partner Work ; 5. Centrifugal Force and Opposition Exercises ; 6. A Mirroring Exercise ; 7. Status Work - Playing the High and the Low Brows ; 8. Tableau Exercise - Learning to Survive a 'Freeze' --
Title The Table Work and the Alexander Technique /
Statement of responsibility Lesson One ; Lesson Two --
Title PART 3: Alexander technique and voice work /
Statement of responsibility 1. Alexander's Discovery ; 2. Voice Work and the Alexander Technique ; 3. Musical Theatre ; 4. Opera Singing and the Alexander Technique ; 5. The Whispered 'Ah' Exercise --
Title PART 4: The Alexander technique and acting challenges :
-- Relevance of the Alexander technique to acting /
Statement of responsibility 1. The Actor and Fitness ; 2. Character Work and the Alexander Technique ; 3. Playing Another Gender ; 4. Imitation - Mirroring ; 5. The Kissing Class ; 6. Nudity ; 7. Alexander with Costumes, Wigs and Period Accoutrements ; 8. Mask Work ; 9. The Zoo Project - An Animal Study ; 10. The Lion King ; 11. An Elizabethan Bear ; 12. The Injured Actor ; 13. Understudies ; 14. The Ageing Actor ; 15. Falling and Fainting On Stage ; 16. Drunkenness ; 17. Martial Arts and the Alexander Technique --
Title The stage - how the actor adapts to playing the space /
Statement of responsibility 1. The Proscenium-arch Stage 2. The Raked Stage ; 3. The Thrust Stage ; 4. Theatre in the Round ; 5. Outdoor Theatre --
Title Epilogue --
-- Addresses.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Alexander technique.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Actors
General subdivision Health and hygiene
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    Dewey Decimal Classification Paperback     Non-fiction Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks 08/09/2019   792.028 MCE A04734 08/09/2019 20.00 08/09/2019 Books