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Title: The Invisible Actor by Yoshi Oida, Lorna Marshall, Marshall Oida, Yoshi ISBN: 0-87830-079-1 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Becoming the work
Comment: Thanks to Lorna Marshall, these ruminations on the actor's art are organized and brought together with discussions of method so that it is conversational and discursive, yet still coherent. Yoshi Oida discusses eastern techniques for the western artist, putting western ideas about acting into relief and offering useful tools. Some may find discussions of technique only whet the appetite for what the book does not offer - a more systematic approach to working on character, text, and partner work. The book serves more for inspiration than training, though Oida does make many practical suggestions for warming up and preparing for the work. Oida has the background and experience - especially his work with Peter Brook's truly international theatre - to transcend east and west; and his love for the craft of acting, for precision as well as freedom, make this required reading for acting students and teachers.
Rating: 4
Summary: Slow down and breathe
Comment: I am a professional actor/dancer/physical theatre performer person and this book is an incredible help. Yoshi breaks down the whole act of being on stage into very small, manageable parts: preparing, standing, walking, breathing, etc. It encourages the actor to take time to sense every moment on stage, to let oneself become invisible in the character. An inspiring read.
Rating: 4
Summary: The book under my pillow
Comment: Yoshi Oida, brillant Japanese actor (seen in "The Pillow Book") and stage director has given us a manual for acting. In it however, are many other invaluable techniques for living and for being.
I'm a professional singing actor, and these techniques and exercises for standing, walking, seeing, breathing, etc. are principles that I grasped immediately but think about practically every day. A must-own for singers, actors, dancers and stage animals of all kinds. I give this four stars not because it doesn't deserve the five-star rating, but because I would to think that there are maybe only 2 or 3 five-star books in the history of the world, and I would prefer not knowing what they are.
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Title: Voice and the Actor by Cicely Berry, Peter Brook ISBN: 0020415559 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 30 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Body Speaks: Performance and Expression by Lorna Marshall ISBN: 1403960283 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: An Acrobat of the Heart : A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski by Stephen Wangh ISBN: 0375706720 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 19 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Movement for Actors by Nicole Potter ISBN: 1581152337 Publisher: Allworth Press Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Moving Body: Teaching Creative Theatre by Jacques Lecoq, David Bradby, Jean-Gabriel Carasso, Jean-Claude Lallias ISBN: 0878301410 Publisher: Theatre Arts Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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