Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre

by Callery,Dymphna

• ISBN13: 9780878301249
• ISBN10: 0878301240
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-03-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 3
Preparing the Body	p. 17
Awareness	p. 22
Articulation	p. 25
Energy	p. 27
Neutrality	p. 32
(Un)Masking the Actor	p. 43
Working with masks: neutral mask	p. 52
Working with masks: character masks	p. 58
Commedia dell'arte	p. 61
Working with masks: commedia	p. 64
The Playful Body	p. 69
The body	p. 72
The body in space	p. 79
Presence	p. 84
Complicite	p. 88
Play	p. 94
Audience	p. 103
The Sentient Body	p. 115
Rhythm	p. 118
Sound	p. 132
E-motion	p. 148
Devising	p. 157
Starting points and process	p. 163
Image and gesture	p. 173
Generating text	p. 179
Structuring text	p. 184
The Physical Text	p. 195
Imag(in)ing text	p. 201
Dealing with words	p. 205
Character	p. 211
Appendix	p. 217
Endnotes	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 239
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