275 Acting Games! Connected: A Comprehensive Workbook of Theatre Games for Developing Acting Skills - Softcover

Levy, Gavin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566081696 ISBN 13: 9781566081696

Publisher: Meriwether Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

With almost three hundred performance-tested acting games, this is the largest collection published to date. The book is divided into thirty-three sections including: Audition, Concentration and Focus, Voice, Ensemble, Action and Reaction, Improvisation, Knowing Your Objective, Performance, Thinking outside the Box, Spatial Awareness, Nonverbal Communication, Making Choices, Releasing Inhibitions, The Physical Actor and many more. Like his earlier book, each of the exercises includes a defined purpose, a description of the game, discussion guidelines, and teaching variation suggestions. This book goes one step further and provides an "industry connection" for every game. This new Industry Connection paragraph consists of real-life examples and discussion aids connected to the acting profession, designed to promote growth and motivate actors to excel. The depth that this book delves into with each exercise gives instructors of all experience levels the tools they need to teach techniques, hold group discussions, and guide students with leading questions. Levy's observations are based on over 20 years of experience training students to meet the differing challenges of the stage, the screen, and broadcasting. This is truly a comprehensive resource for teachers who want to help their students connect to the modern craft of acting.

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About the Author

Gavin Levy is a native Londoner who came to the United States in 1999. He received his ALAM from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and is also a graduate of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. From October 1992 through July 1995, Mr. Levy studied theatre at the world renowned Academy Of Live & Recorded Arts.
Mr. Levy has been involved in educational theatre with the Dragon Drama Theatre Company in London. As an active member of the company, Mr. Levy organizes and coordinates acting workshops and continues to teach acting and improvisation. He also has written scripts for workshops, directed plays, and been an instrumental force in after-show workshops designed to educate students. Levy has over twenty years of theatre experience, including acting, instructing, directing and writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1566081696
• ISBN 13: 9781566081696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 375