The Actor and His Body - Softcover

Pisk, Litz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0245527214 ISBN 13: 9780245527210

Publisher: Virgin Books, 1974

Synopsis

A guide to body movement in acting.

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Review

Those of us who were fortunate enough to be taught by Litz will never forget the inspiration she gave us. Through her movement work Litz made an extraordinary contribution to the theatre...A unique teacher of movement, an inspiring movement director, this book gives an insight into the seminal work of Litz Pisk - --Jane Gibson, former Head of Movement, National Theatre

No one who worked with the movement teacher Litz Pisk, either as actor or student, will ever forget the sheer theatrical impact of her own movement, at once dynamic and sculptural, intense and totally possessed. - --George Hall, former Head of Acting, Central School of Speech and Drama

Litz Pisk was a theatre visionary who introduced to the field of actors' movement a startlingly new approach, which remains ground-breaking to this day. With her background in the visual arts, Litz Pisk viewed the actor's body as a piece of dynamic sculpture capable of expressing to the audience people and places they had never known. However, a special kind of physical training was necessary before the actor could reach 'a state of readiness' where the body could respond totally to the imagination. In these pages, we begin to gain an insight into how Litz Pisk went about achieving this. - --Sue Lefton, Movement Director and Teacher

About the Author

Litz Pisk taught movement to generations of actors at RADA, the Old Vic Theatre School and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She movement directed productions at the Old Vic, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and English National Opera. Litz also worked on television and films, most notably movement directing Vanessa Redgrave in Isadora. As a pioneering movement director her legacy is felt in the current growth of movement direction. First published in 1975, the Actor and His Body continues to be a seminal guide to movement practice.

Ayse Tashkiran trained at L'Ecole International Jacques Lecoq for two years in Paris and spent twelve years as a physical theatre performer. She has taught movement in a conservatoire setting for ten years and works as a Movement Director for a variety of professional theatre productions and companies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0245527214
• ISBN 13: 9780245527210
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96