Creating Solo Performance is an innovative toolbox of exercises and challenges focused on providing you – the performer – with engaging and inspiring ways to explore and develop your idea both on the page and in the performance space.
The creation of a solo show may be the most rewarding, liberating and stressful challenge you will take on in your career. This book acts as your silent collaborator as you develop your performance, by helpfully arranging exercises under the following headings:
Beginnings
Creating character
Generating material
Using your performance space
Technology
Endings
Collaboration
Exercises can be explored in sequence, at random or according to your specific needs and interests as a performer. By enabling you to create a bespoke formula that best applies to your specific subject, area of interest, style and discipline, this book will become an indispensable resource as you produce your solo show.
By:
Sean Bruno, Luke Dixon Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 362g ISBN:9780415719988 ISBN 10: 0415719984 Pages: 286 Publication Date:01 September 2014 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Sean Bruno
Reviews for Creating Solo Performance
"""A welcome addition to an actor's bookshelves."" - Susan Elkin, The Stage"