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Preface | |
Acting One | |
Introduction | |
Preparation For Acting | |
Preparing to Act Relaxation | |
Relaxation | |
Trust | |
Exuberance | |
Discipline | |
Criticism | |
A Playful Attitude | |
Freedom | |
Preparation | |
What Is Acting? | |
Pledge Your Allegiance to a Flag | |
The Actor's Approach | |
Goal and Obstacle Fundamental Principle | |
Reaching | |
Reaching for Goals | |
Overcoming an Obstacle | |
Self-Consciousness | |
Doing vs. Being | |
Projection | |
Resonating | |
Resonating (A Continuation) | |
Goals | |
Acting with the 'Other' The Other | |
Making Your Partner Smile | |
Interactive Dynamics | |
Vulnerability | |
Discovery | |
The Character | |
Tactics | |
Using Tactics | |
One Two Three Four Five Six Seven | |
Monologues | |
Inventing the Other | |
Beginning to Act Contentless Scene | |
Contentless Scene I | |
Intensifiers | |
Intensifying | |
Physicalizers | |
Varying Locale or Action | |
Contentless Scene II | |
Tactics Punishment and Reward | |
Playing Tactics | |
Frighten Your Partner | |
Building Intensity | |
Try to Make Your Partner Cry | |
Movement and Contact | |
Encourage Your Partner | |
Alternating Tactics | |
Mixing Tactics | |
The Middle Ranges | |
Eliminating the Extremes | |
Expectations Expecting Victory | |
Playing Bored | |
Positive Goals | |
Enthusiasm | |
Try the Impossible | |
Eye Contact | |
Tactics and Expectations | |
GOTE A Basic Method | |
"Get Your Character's GOTE" | |
The GOTEsheet | |
The Actor's Task | |
Preparing a Role Finding Your Role | |
Finding Your "Character" | |
Editing a Scene | |
Memorization Methods | |
Cues | |
Studying the Part | |
The Gentleman Caller I | |
Rehearsing Rehearsals | |
Undirected Rehearsals | |
Rehearsal Alternatives | |
The Gentleman Caller II | |
Staging the Scene Stage Directions | |
Creating the Locale | |
Movement and Stage Business | |
Interesting Positions | |
Reaching the Audience | |
Setting the Stage | |
Choices The Need for Choices | |
Good Choices | |
Bold Choices | |
Performing Stage Fright | |
Classroom Performance | |
Play for Results--In the Other Character! | |
Evaluation and Improvement Helpful Criticism | |
Reworking | |
Scene Presentation | |
The Actor's Instrument | |
The Actor's Voice Breathing | |
Breathing from the Abdomen | |
Phonation: Making Sounds | |
Sounding | |
Resonance | |
Exploring Resonance | |
Pitch | |
Exploring Your Pitch Range | |
A Stageworthy Voice | |
Speaking with Resonance | |
Stage Speech Good Diction | |
Speech Sounds | |
Vowels | |
Repeating Syllables | |
Consonants | |
Speeches | |
Using Your Voice Liberation | |
Rude Chants | |
Rude Cheering | |
Fancy Talk | |
Address a Group | |
Purposefulness | |
Adding Purpose | |
The Actor's Body Agility | |
Fast Warm-Up | |
Alignment | |
Improving Alignment | |
Walking | |
Sixteen Walks | |
Walk and Talk | |
Sitting and Standing | |
Walk, Talk, Sit | |
Velocity: Accelerating, Decelerating, and Constant | |
Acceleration/Deceleration | |
Counterpoise | |
Contraposto | |
Contraction/Extension | |
The Dynamics of Effort | |
Distinct Movements | |
To Be or Not to Be | |
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