Essential Stage Movement: Psycho-Physical Training for Actors

Essential Stage Movement is a comprehensive text/exercise book for future and current actors, dancers, and performers. The High School, College and University students of Drama and Theater Departments would find it extremely beneficial for preparing their minds and bodies for the profession. This textbook fills the gap in the specialized physical education of the actors. Different techniques and approaches existing and practiced in formal and informal movement education are eclectic and cannot satisfy the need to develop long-lasting qualities and skills quickly. Different critics and practitioners have improved this method throughout several centuries. It has been tested on many generations of students in various countries to prove the approach is universal. The Method of learning Movement for Actor supported by nearly two hundred exercises to help to develop all necessary for a performer Faculties, Habits, and Skills. Originated in Russia, never before this method was presented on the West in such detail and entirety. It is based on Stanislavsky’s teachings techniques and would also assist Stage Movement Teachers, Theatre Directors, and Managers. Essential Stage Movement consists of three parts: The Theory, the Practice, and The Methodology. The text also includes a brief history of the subject “Stage Movement.” The Practice part contains exercises designed to develop different qualities and skills. Among them are Balance, Coordination, Rhythmicity, Sense of Space, and Flexibility, to name a few. The Methodology part explains in detail how to present the exercises to the students for the best results. A Video Instructor course in Movement is available via the Internet separately to support the text.