the basics Merlin, Bella creator author. text bibliography nyu 2024 3rd edition. monographic eng

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xiv, 211 pages ; 21 cm. "Acting: The Basics 3rd Edition is a dynamic response to recent societal and entertainment industry changes, focusing on inclusion, diversity and equity, and the actor's trajectory from training to rehearsal to performance on stage and screen, with hands-on tools and global perspectives. The book offers vital ways of building a practical acting toolkit, through breath, body, voice, emotions, imagination and spirit. We begin with a socio-cultural look at actor as magician, storyteller, healer and social changer. Throughout, there are insights from Black, Indigenous, First Nations, South/East Asian, intercultural and feminist practitioners, together with methods focusing on disability and accessibility, intimacy directives, mindfulness and intersectionality. Key 'canonical' figures still feature (e.g., Stanislavsky, Meisner, Brecht and Suzuki) with re-visioned perspective. Scattered throughout are post-COVID insights, plus expanded sections on screen acting (including self-tapes) and Shakespeare. This book is useful for beginner or expert, as it's always helpful getting back to basics. Because the author is both an actor and an actor trainer, the tools are steeped in user-friendly application. At the same time, transferable skills (e.g., dynamic listening and empathy) are shown as relevant to everyone. With a glossary of terms and useful online suggestions (including blogs, videos and podcasts), this is ideal for anyone learn anew about the practice and history of acting, or to take their acting and teaching into new terrain"-- Introduction -- 'Why not?': some socio-cultural perspectives -- 'The player and the instrument': actor training -- 'Systems and methods': 20th-century innovators -- 'Building a character': rehearsal processes -- 'Expressing your creative individuality': 21st-century practitioners -- 'And ... action!': performance practices -- Epilogue. Bella Merlin. Includes bibliographical references and index. Acting PN2061 .M395 2024 792.028 M548a 9781032212074 2023030305 DLC 230629 20261008102944.0 23207697 eng