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Improvisation for the Theater 3E: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques (Drama and Performance Studies)
Viola Spolin
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Description for Improvisation for the Theater 3E: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques (Drama and Performance Studies)
Paperback. Spolin's improvisational techniques have changed the very nature and practice of modern theatre. This third edition updates the more than 200 now-classic exercises and adds 30 new ones. It adds 30 traditional theatre games that are frequently used as warm-ups. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
This work has inspired the work of countless actors, directors, and writers in theatre, television and film. Spolin's improvisational techniques have changed the very nature and practice of modern theatre. This third edition updates the more than 200 now-classic exercises and adds 30 new ones. It adds 30 traditional theatre games that are frequently used as warm-ups. It includes Spolin's explanations of key concepts crucial to her programme, and collects The Sayings of Viola Spolin and adds a glossary of phrases for teachers and directors, with Spolin's definitions of their meaning and value. Most significantly, though, ... Read more
This work has inspired the work of countless actors, directors, and writers in theatre, television and film. Spolin's improvisational techniques have changed the very nature and practice of modern theatre. This third edition updates the more than 200 now-classic exercises and adds 30 new ones. It adds 30 traditional theatre games that are frequently used as warm-ups. It includes Spolin's explanations of key concepts crucial to her programme, and collects The Sayings of Viola Spolin and adds a glossary of phrases for teachers and directors, with Spolin's definitions of their meaning and value. Most significantly, though, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
627g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810140080
SKU
V9780810140080
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About Viola Spolin
Viola Spolin, the originator of theater games, was introduced to the use of games, storytelling, folk dance, and dramatics as tools for stimulating creative expression in the 1920s while a student of Neva Boyd at Chicago's Hull House. During her years as a teacher and supervisor of creative dramatics there, she began to develop her nonverbal, nonpsychological approach. Her books ... Read more
Reviews for Improvisation for the Theater 3E: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques (Drama and Performance Studies)
She has genius and shares it.
Valerie Harper It's like basic research ... she [has] changed the theater for generations.
Alan Alda Her book is the bible.
Rob Reiner
Valerie Harper It's like basic research ... she [has] changed the theater for generations.
Alan Alda Her book is the bible.
Rob Reiner