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Golden Buddha Changing Masks
Mark Olsen
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Description for Golden Buddha Changing Masks
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Theater instructors and students, aspiring actors, and working theater professionals can all benefit from this examination of acting as a self-development practice and spiritual path. Beginning with a brief history of the acting profession, the text covers Stanislavski and other special approaches to actor training, practices specific to acting that can open up wider perspectives, ways to promote both personal and professional development, the place of sexual energy in acting, and more. Also included is a section of practical exercises, based on the author's experience with professional theater companies, various forms of meditation and martial arts, and stage combat. The ... Read more
Theater instructors and students, aspiring actors, and working theater professionals can all benefit from this examination of acting as a self-development practice and spiritual path. Beginning with a brief history of the acting profession, the text covers Stanislavski and other special approaches to actor training, practices specific to acting that can open up wider perspectives, ways to promote both personal and professional development, the place of sexual energy in acting, and more. Also included is a section of practical exercises, based on the author's experience with professional theater companies, various forms of meditation and martial arts, and stage combat. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Gateways Books & Tapes,US United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Nevada City, CA, United States
ISBN
9780895560834
SKU
V9780895560834
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Ref
99-3
About Mark Olsen
Mark Olsen has a background both in professional theater and also on the spiritual path. He first studied acting in college, then studied Kabbalist mime, shaman theater-craft, and experimental theater. He has been on Broadway, toured with the mime/mask group Mummenschanz, and has taught at the University of Houston and Wright State University. He is a professor of acting and ... Read more
Reviews for Golden Buddha Changing Masks
"Had I read this book in my mid-twenties I would have been spared a lot of self-inflicted torment. It is scholarly and wise, yet enormously accessible, and filled with information that can take any actor deeper into his craft and more importantly into a deeper perception of his own life. This book can be of great service to many young ... Read more