Your Body Knows: A Movement Guide for Actors
- Author: Andrews, Meade
- Author: Tift, Jana
Your Body Knows: A Movement Guide for Actors
- Author: Andrews, Meade
- Author: Tift, Jana
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Your Body Knows provides the foundation actors need to move with ease and power. It is a practical guide to movement starting at the very beginning: knowing your body and experiencing how it works.
Through the work of F.M. Alexander, Rudolf Laban, and Michael Chekhov, this book offers basic training in movement fundamentals. Its step-by-step process supports the actor's work in any acting or movement training program and as a working professional. The book focuses on three main areas of exploration:
- Body facts - Know your body and its design for movement. Let go of misinformed ideas about your body. Move more freely, avoid injury, and develop a strong body-mind connection.
- Movement facts - What is movement? Discover the movement fundamentals that can serve your art. Explore new ways of moving.
- Creative Inspiration - Connect your body, mind, and imagination to liberate authentic and expressive character movement.
Your Body Knows: A Movement Guide for Actors is an excellent resource for acting students and their teachers, promoting a strong onstage presence and awakening unlimited potential for creative expression.
Contents
- Part 1 . Know Your Instrument
- 1. Your Motion Detector
- 2. Your Three-Dimensional Body
- 3. Your Moving Breath
- 4. Get to Know Your Joints
- 5. Joint Connections in Your Head-Spine-Pelvis
- 6. Joint Connections in Your Arm Structure
- 7. Joint Connections in Your Feet, Legs, and Pelvis
- 8. Strong Bones, Dynamic Muscles
- 9. Connecting Your Joints and Your Whole Body
- 10. Your Body-Mind Connection
- 11. Body Myths vs. Anatomical Facts
- 12. Your Primary Coordination
- 13. Your Inner Space
- 14. Exploring "Outer Space"
- 15. Inner and Outer Space: A Movement Partnership
- 16. Connecting Body, Mind, Breath, and Space
- 17. Practicing Presence
- Part 2 . Elements of Expression
- 18. Authentic Impulse: Listening Within
- 19. Your Body Leads the Way
- 20. The Four Brothers
- 21. Space
- 22. Time
- 23. Weight
- 24. Flow
- 25. Exploring the Efforts
- 26. Qualities of Movement
- 27. Shape
- 28. Spatial Tools
- 29. Text and Your Responsive Body-Mind
- Part 3 . Creative Practice
- 30. Whole-body Warm-up: Staccato-Legato
- 31. Movement, Character, and Relationships
- 32. Performing for an Audience
- 33. Movement and Space: Creating the World of the Play
- Appendix I. Practices for Further Exploration
- Appendix II. The Movement Pioneers
