Timed for the 100th birthday of Vivien Leigh and the 75th anniversary of her landmark film Gone With the Wind. Featuring rare photos and informed by previously untapped documents from the Laurence Olivier Archives, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait sheds new insight on the woman whose onscreen... číst celé
Revised expanded edition of the acclaimed reference by a renowned British nurseryman, a thorough and beautiful guide to coniferous trees and shrubs of the world available to British and European gardeners.
Focusing on the teachings of Rudolf Laban, this guide enhances actors' expressiveness in both body and voice through practical exercises. It includes individual, partner, and group activities that cover breath support, tone, articulation, and physical alignment. With 65 original illustrations, the book offers a comprehensive approach to movement and vocal training, making it a vital resource for actors, teachers, and students aiming to unlock their full potential in performance.
In this memoir, actress Claire Bloom recounts her professional and personal relationships including her marriage to and divorce from writer Philip Roth. She reveals the passion, cruelty and devastation of their love affair and her emergence as a woman alone.
An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement
Integrating the theories of movement expert Rudolf Laban, this actor training guide offers a comprehensive approach to developing voice, speech, and movement skills. Enhanced with new videos and insights from acting professionals, it features illustrated exercises for both individuals and groups, making it a valuable resource for aspiring actors. Barbara Adrian's expertise as an acting teacher and performer enriches the content, providing practical tools for effective training in the performing arts.
The Laban Workbook is a compendium of unique exercises inspired by the concepts and principles of movement theorist and artist, Rudolf Laban. Written by five internationally recognized movement experts, this textbook is divided into single-authored chapters, each of which includes a short contextual essay followed by a series of insight-bearing exercises. These expert views, honed in the creation of individual approaches to training and coaching actors, provide a versatile range of theory and practice in the creative process of crafting theatre. Readers will learn: Enhanced expressivity of body and voice; Clearer storytelling, both physical and vocal, facilitating the embodiment of playwrights' intentions; Imaginative possibilities for exploring an existing play or for creating devised theatre. Featuring many exercises exploring the application of Laban Movement Studies to text, character, scene work, and devised performances - as well as revealing the creative potential of the body itself - The Laban Workbook is ideal for actors, teachers, directors and choreographers.