Synopses & Reviews
Barbara Sellers-Young has written a simple, step-by-step structure that enables the reader to learn the concepts of Laban and Stanislavsky while exploring eastern concepts of breath and energy.
Synopsis
(Applause Books). Breathing, Movement, Exploration is a groundbreaking approach to how to use your body. Barbara Sellers-Young combines body mechanics and eastern and western philosophy to create a new visceral awareness of the performance process. Its simple, step-by-step structure enables the reader to learn the concepts of Laban and Stanislavski while exploring eastern ideas of breath and energy. Breathing, Movement, Exploration is a useful blueprint for how to use your body on stage. It speaks to professionals as well as anyone fascinated by the inner-process of an actor's training or to gain cognitive and physical insight into one's own self.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-247) and index.