Physical Expression on Stage and Screen: Using the Alexander Technique to Create Unforgettable Performances - Softcover

Connington, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408182645 ISBN 13: 9781408182642

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2014

Synopsis

Physical Expression on Stage and Screen

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Review

Physical Expression on Stage and Screen is a clear, detailed, and practical account of how the Alexander Technique can help liberate performers from habitual psychophysical tensions, allowing them to access the deepest and most creative impulses in their work. Bill is a generous, openhearted, and centered presence in the classroom. Any performing artist who is serious about finding a greater sense of freedom and flow would do well to take advantage of the expertise Bill offers in this book. --Walton Wilson, Chair, Department of Acting, and Head of Voice and Speech, Yale School of Drama

In Physical Expression on Stage and Screen, Bill Connington brings his expertise and passion as an actor and a highly experienced teacher of the Alexander Technique to the page. The book offers a practical way of working on oneself through movement, breath, voice, imagination, and choice. In small, doable steps, Bill guides the actor toward a healthy, creative life as a performer-always with a supportive, encouraging tone and attention to process as opposed to results. --Kim Jessor, faculty, Tisch School of the Arts at the New York University Graduate Acting Program

Bill Connington writes with insight, clarity, and flair about a subject he loves and shares his valuable perspective on the training of actors by exploring the all-important connection between body, mind, and spirit. In a voice both friendly and knowledgeable, Physical Expression on Stage and Screen guides the actor from class to rehearsal to performance. --Jessica Wolf, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Drama; director of 'Jessica Wolf's Art of Breathing'

About the Author

Bill Connington has devoted his career to helping performers-including Broadway actors, Metropolitan Opera singers, and renowned instrumentalists-manage their art through managing themselves. The former chairman of the board of the American Center for the Alexander Technique, Bill is currently a lecturer in acting at the Yale School of Drama and has taught performers at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, the Juilliard School, and the Actors Studio MFA Program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1408182645
• ISBN 13: 9781408182642
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 200