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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword by Larry Silverberg -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Case for a New Sacred in Actor Training -- PART I: The Masters -- 1. The Meisner Approach: "Be Simple and Rediscover the World" -- Dostoyevsky -- 2. The Relevance of the Meisner Technique in Today's Actor Training -- 3. Michael Chekhov's Inspiration for Actors -- PART II: Expeditions in Deep Training -- 4. Meisner in the Undergraduate Setting |
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5. Teaching the Michael Chekhov Technique in an Undergraduate Program: The Problem and the Arrival -- 6. Reality vs Pretend: How to Surmount Collisions in Search of Truth -- 7. We Are Not Historians: A Manifesto for Teachers -- PART III: Methods in Convergence -- 8. The Evolution of a Studio -- Appendix A -- Punctuation Game -- Appendix B -- Uta Hagen Exercises Integrated with Chekhov and Meisner Principles -- Appendix C -- Five Levels of Spatial Awareness -- 9. How the Michael Chekhov Technique Influences and Supports the Elements of the Sanford Meisner Approach |
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10. Meisner in the Classroom, Chekhov in Rehearsal: Pairing Complementary Methods in Smaller Liberal Arts Programs -- 11. Studio Work with Meisner and Chekhov -- 12. Activating Meisner and Chekhov in the Secondary Acting Classroom -- 13. Sculpting the Energetic Action: Taking Us "Beyond the Verb" -- 14. Sensations in Place of Emotional Preparation for the Students that Say "I Can't" and Mean It! -- 15. Re-discovering the Joy! -- PART IV: Techniques in Practice -- 16. Warming Up to Repetition and Adding Physicality with Chekhov's Psychological Gesture |
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17. Listening and Responding with the Body: How Chekhov Technique Can Enhance Meisner's Repetition Exercise -- 18. Finding an Emotional Connection through Psychological Gestures, Points of View, and the Ghost Exercise -- 19. A Psychophysical Path to Moment-to-Moment: The Gift of a Lifetime: Chekhov's Repetition Exercises 12-13 -- 20. Bringing Meisner and Chekhov Techniques into the Rehearsal Room, Sort of ... -- PART V: Continued Collisions and Strategies for the Future -- 21. Conclusion: The Case for Non-Erasure in Actor Training -- Index |
| Subject |
Chekhov, Michael, 1891-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Meisner, Sanford -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Chekhov, Michael, 1891-1955 fast |
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Meisner, Sanford fast |
| Subject |
Acting -- Study and teaching.
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Acting -- Study and teaching
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000077483 |
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1000077489 |
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9781000077520 |
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1000077527 |
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9781000077506 |
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1000077500 |
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9781003025825 |
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100302582X |
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