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"The study of acting should not begin with an exploration of feeling, perception, imagination, memories, intention, personalization, self-identification... or even performance--but physical action."

Michael Lugering's The Expressive Actor presents a foundational, preparatory training method, using movement to unlock the entire acting process. Its action-based perspective integrates voice, movement and basic acting training into a unified approach.

A wealth of exercises and diagrams guide the reader through this internationally taught program, making it an ideal step-by-step course for both solo and classroom use. Through this course, voice and body training becomes more than a simple skill-building activity - it is the central prerequisite to any actor training.

This new Routledge edition has been fully updated, to include:

A revised prologue, further discussing the historical and philosophical grounding of The Lugering Method A new introduction, with particular focus on the integrative nature of the method and how the book should be used. New developments, clarifications, and 12 new exercises. 6 new illustrative diagrams.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• List of figures(p. ix)
• Acknowledgments(p. xi)
• Part I Prologue(p. 1)
• A Introduction to the method(p. 3)
• B Overview of the method(p. 11)
• C Introduction to the actor(p. 14)
• Part II Principles of expressive action(p. 17)
• 1 Expressive action(p. 19)
• 1.1 Definition(p. 19)
• 1.2 Expressive action in context(p. 28)
• 2 First and second functions(p. 30)
• 2.1 Definition(p. 30)
• 2.2 Application to acting(p. 38)
• 3 Physical properties(p. 41)
• 3.1 Overview(p. 41)
• 3.2 Major and minor properties(p. 41)
• 3.3 Expressive continuum(p. 51)
• Part III Principles of integration(p. 57)
• 4 Integration(p. 59)
• 4.1 Context(p. 59)
• 4.2 Hierarchy of an expressive action(p. 62)
• 4.3 Body structure(p. 71)
• 4.4 The stacking process(p. 72)
• Part IV Stacking(p. 77)
• 5 Introduction to stacking(p. 79)
• 6 Moving(p. 82)
• Step 1 Preliminaries(p. 82)
• Step 2 Principles(p. 82)
• Step 3 Technique(p. 101)
• Step 4 Improvisation(p. 101)
• 7 Breathing(p. 110)
• Step 1 Preliminaries(p. 110)
• Step 2 Principles(p. 110)
• Step 3 Technique(p. 121)
• Step 4 Improvisation(p. 121)
• 8 Sounding(p. 124)
• Step 1 Preliminaries(p. 124)
• Step 2 Principles(p. 124)
• Step 3 Technique(p. 138)
• Step 4 Improvisation(p. 138)
• 9 Speaking(p. 141)
• Step 1 Preliminaries(p. 141)
• Step 2 Principles(p. 141)
• Step 3 Technique(p. 144)
• Step 4 Improvisation(p. 145)
• 10 Extending the barre(p. 148)
• Part V Technique(p. 153)
• 11 Preliminaries(p. 155)
• 12 Voice and body exercises(p. 167)
• 12.1 Lying and breathing exercises(p. 167)
• 12.2 Sitting and sounding exercises(p. 187)
• 12.3 Standing exercises(p. 209)
• 13 Language and character exercises(p. 213)
• 13.1 Language(p. 213)
• 13.2 Character(p. 226)
• Epilogue(p. 231)
• Appendix I Expressive continuum(p. 239)
• Appendix II Actions(p. 240)
• Bibliography(p. 256)
• Index(p. 259)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Michael Lugering is the founding director of the Expressive Actor, a non-profit arts organization committed to integrated methods of actor training, and a Full Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has taught master classes in acting, voice, movement, and classical text throughout the US, Korea, and the UK.