Actor Training The Laban Way Pa
by Adrian,Barbara-
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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
| Introduction | |
| My Journey | p. 1 |
| Rudolf von Laban | p. 3 |
| Irmgard Bartenieff | p. 6 |
| How to Use This Book | p. 6 |
| Laban Basics | p. 8 |
| Anatomy Illustrations | |
| Front Body | p. 12 |
| Back Body | p. 13 |
| Spine and Pelvic Bowl | p. 14 |
| Diaphragm and Intercostal Muscles | p. 15 |
| Stomach Muscles: Transverse Abdominis, Internal & External Obliques, Rectus Abdominis | p. 16 |
| Psoas, Rhomboids, Quadratus Lumborum | p. 17 |
| Hyoid Bone, Thyroid Cartilage, Masseter Muscle | p. 18 |
| Anatomy for Speech: Articulators | p. 19 |
| Vocal Folds, Mouth | p. 20 |
| Breath: Inspiration for Creative Activity | p. 23 |
| Breathing through the Still Shape Forms | p. 26 |
| From Shape to Sound | p. 28 |
| Bartenieff Fundamentals: Fitness that Supports the Actor | p. 31 |
| Detailed Explorations for Breath Support | p. 55 |
| Relationship of the Intercostal and Abdominal Muscles to the Breath | p. 55 |
| Intercostal Strength and Ease | p. 58 |
| The Role of the Back in Breath Support | p. 58 |
| Neutral Dynamic Alignment: Radiating Your Physical Presence | p. 65 |
| Resonance and Center Pitch: Revealing Your Vocal Presence | p. 71 |
| Expanding Your Vocal Range | p. 72 |
| Expressive Use of Resonance and Center Pitch | p. 74 |
| Speech Shape: Fitness for the Actor's Articulators | p. 77 |
| Vowels and Diphthongs | p. 79 |
| Mouth-Shapes: Muscular Activity for the Articulators | p. 79 |
| Sound-Shapes | p. 84 |
| The Actor Revealed through Modes of Shape Change | p. 89 |
| Exercises for Shape Flow, Spoke-like Directional, Arc-like Directional, and Carving | p. 90 |
| Floor Patterns | p. 94 |
| Filling Space: Exploring Your Physical and Vocal Kinesphere | p. 97 |
| Central, Peripheral, and Transverse Pathways (CPT) | p. 98 |
| Consonants: Articulation and Rhythmic Explorations | p. 103 |
| More Muscular Activity for the Articulators | p. 107 |
| Effort Life of Voice and Movement | p. 115 |
| Experiments with Effort | p. 115 |
| Flow | p. 117 |
| Weight | p. 117 |
| Time | p. 118 |
| Space | p. 118 |
| Exercises for Exploring the Effort Elements | p. 119 |
| Effort Life and Precise Articulation | p. 123 |
| Short Vowels | p. 124 |
| More Diphthongs | p. 127 |
| Triphthongs | p. 133 |
| Create Your Own Culture of Sound | p. 135 |
| Back to the Beginning | p. 136 |
| Revealing Your State of Mind | p. 141 |
| States | p. 141 |
| Exercises for Exploring the States | p. 143 |
| Drives: Expressing Heightened Moments | p. 149 |
| Action Drives | p. 149 |
| Passion Drives | p. 150 |
| Vision Drives | p. 150 |
| Spell Drives | p. 150 |
| Exercises for Exploring the Drives in Body and Voice | p. 151 |
| Diction with Drives | p. 154 |
| Scene Work | p. 157 |
| Space Harmony for Voice, Speech, and Movement | p. 161 |
| Dimensions and Planes | p. 163 |
| Body and Voice Meet Space | p. 165 |
| Exploring the Platonic Solids | p. 167 |
| Laban's Scales | p. 168 |
| Group Exploration with an Emphasis on Space | p. 179 |
| Experimentations in Transformation | p. 179 |
| Final Thoughts | p. 181 |
| Bibliography | p. 183 |
| Index | p. 185 |
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