Acting category: 934 books

Who was Ingrid Bergman? For much of her turbulent life, the public could not decide: Was this luminous Swedish actress the embodiment of pious devotion as portrayed in her saintly roles such as Joan of Arc? Or was she an unrepentant harlot who abandoned her husband and child to have an affair with...

En este texto, fruto de más de cuarenta años dedicados a la formación de actores, Uta Hagen define los objetivos que debe perseguir un actor y proporciona las técnicas específicas para lograrlos. Así, plantea ahondar en los sentidos físicos y en la propia psicología para ofrecer una buena...

Go deep into the heart of Mystic Falls with this episode-by-episode look at the second season of The Vampire Diaries. This next volume in a series School Library Journal called well written and thoroughly detailed, Love You to Death: The Unofficial Companion to The Vampire Diaries - Season 2 is the...

The greatest vocal coach in the world will help you get the voice you want. Every time we open our mouths, we have an effect on ourselves and the way others perceive us. The ability to speak clearly and confidently can make or break a presentation, an important meeting, or even a first date....

A manual for instructors of stage combat and serious students. Includes 435 exercises for class use, along with terms, photos and drawings, sample tests, and tips for teaching. The manual is a complement to the three books of the OUT OF HARM'S WAY series: Modern Fighting for Stage and Screen...

In a career that spanned six decades, two Academy Awards, and ten Oscar nominations, Bette Davis became one of the greatest screen legends of all time. But, as her epitaph says, "She did it the hard way." She was in constant battles with co-stars, directors, and studios and struggled with...

For a time, Elizabeth Taylor was the world's biggest star, winner of two Oscars and a Hollywood legend for searing performances in films such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. But it was her off-screen life - eight stormy marriages, a jewel-encrusted lifestyle, and struggles...

Technique and choreography for broadswords, quarterstaves, and other medieval and fantasy weapons.

The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with—space and time—into six categories. Since that time, directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau...

A humorous and touching account about the creation of the Rand character and the making ofthe ground breaking animated television series ROBOTECH.

«Para mí el cometido del teatro es convertir el sueño en vigilia. Quiero que los espectadores salgan de la sala más vivos que cuando entraron»: cómo conseguir superar el adormecimiento y la inacción en momentos como el presente −tiempos convulsos política, social y económicamente en el...

In each volume of the Shakespeare on Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes, recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. They discuss their character, working through the play scene by scene, with refreshing candour and in forensic detail. The...

A powerful chronicler of the American Nightmare through his gripping examinations of near-mythic Southern California murders (the Black Dahlia, Tate-La Bianca), John Gilmore now draws upon his personal experiences to turn his sights on our morbid obsession with Celebrity and the ruinous price it extracts...

Todas las personas que han de dirigirse al público, ya sea en una conferencia, en una actuación musical o en una interpretación teatral, experimentan lo que se llama el trac o miedo escénico. Se trata de un estado de ansiedad en el que el cuerpo sufre síntomas tales como preocupación, miedo,...