movement (acting)

Suggests exercises to help develop controlled body movements that can facilitate an actor's communication of ideas, words, and emotions.

Discusses how Polish director Jerzy Grotowski's physical exercises can help actors broaden their skills.

Some myths and facts about body language and ten great questions to ask a teacher about nonverbal communication are included in the text.

Groundbreaking contemporary mime and theater instructor Jacques Lecoq introduces his philosophy of performance, covering movement, gesture, masks, improvisation, melodrama, commedia dell'arte, bouffons, clowns, and tragedy.