The Actor and His Body

Pisk, Litz

ISBN 10: 0245527214 / ISBN 13: 9780245527210

Published by London : Harrap, 1975

About this Item

Paperback, numerous illustrations in b/w, 8vo.; Covers slightly worn along the edges.

Seller Inventory # 402089-UB26

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Actor and His Body
• Publisher: London : Harrap
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0245527214
• ISBN 13: 9780245527210
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

About the Author

Litz Pisk taught movement to generations of actors at RADA, the Old Vic Theatre School and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She movement directed productions at the Old Vic, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and English National Opera. Litz also worked on television and films, most notably movement directing Vanessa Redgrave in Isadora. As a pioneering movement director her legacy is felt in the current growth of movement direction. First published in 1975, the Actor and His Body continues to be a seminal guide to movement practice.
Ayse Tashkiran trained at L'Ecole International Jacques Lecoq for two years in Paris and spent twelve years as a physical theatre performer. She has taught movement in a conservatoire setting for ten years and works as a Movement Director for a variety of professional theatre productions and companies.