Churcher, Mel

The elemental actor : how to release your hidden powers / Mel Churcher ; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. - London : Nick Hern Books, 2023 - 328 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes index

Once Upon a Time..
Part One-How to Be an Elemental Actor
Playing the Game
Myth, Magic and the Primal Drives
Harnessing the Power of Ancient Myth
The Quest
Elemental Metaphors
The Elemental Zoo
The Magic Circle
Actors Don't Play Scenes
Actors Play Lives
Preparing the Ground
The Power of Muscle Memory
Living a Particular Life
Time and Space
The Medium You Work In
Give a Man a Mask
There Has to Be Joy
Flying Free
Part Two-Elemental Playing: The Games
Earth
Air
Fire
Water
Quintessence And in the End..
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Indexes
About the Author
Copyright

A practical guide for actors, giving you the tools to harness each of the elemental energies, and use them to make your acting work more powerful and alive. Full of games, exercises and practical tips. From an international acting, dialogue and voice coach who has worked with some of the biggest stars of stage and screen.

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Actuación cinematográfica --Orientación vocacional
Cuatro elementos (Filosofía)

PN 1995.9 / C562e 2023