03126cam a2200373 i 450000100090000000300050000900500170001400800410003101000170007202000250008903500130011404000340012704200080016105000230016908200360019210000280022824500420025625000170029826400560031530000290037133600260040033700280042633800270045449000220048150400510050350503420055452015800089665000120247683000300248890600450251894200460256395201260260999900170273523207697CSPC20261008102944.0230629s2024    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2023030305  a9781032212074q(pbk)  a23207697  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLCdCSPC  apcc00aPN2061b.M395 202400a792.028bM548a223/eng/202306291 aMerlin, Bella,eauthor.10aActing :bthe basics /cBella Merlin.  a3rd edition. 1aAbingdon, Oxon ;aNew York, NY :bRoutledge,c2024.  axiv, 211 pages ;c21 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier0 aThe basics series  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction -- '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.  a"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"--cProvided by publisher. 0aActing. 0aBasics (Routledge (Firm))  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccBKe23h792.028iM548akCIRm2024n0  00102ddc4070aCSPCbCSPCcCIRd2026-10-08l0oCIR 792.028 M548a 2024p032619r2026-10-08 10:34:45t1-1w2026-10-08yBK  c33636d33636