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The Actor

The art and craft of making it as an Actor

(Toward) A Phenomenology of Acting
Presence and Pre-Express 2
Performance is a moment-to-moment sequence created by bodies in space-time
Acts: Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self
what one acts and who one is
The Actor and the Character
the physical and psychological processes to create characters
Inner Monologue in Acting
What should an actor be thinking onstage?
Dreamwork for Actors
performer's dreams as artistic expression.
Feeling Theatre
performers and their audiences occupy a shared realm of feelings
Fiction's Truth
representing human suffering, distress, and violence.
Acting the Essence: The performer's work on the self
Meisner and Mindfulness: Authentic and Truthful Solutions for the Challenges of Modern Acting
Screen acting: A cognitive approach

Teaching Acting with Practical Aesthetics
"Practical Aesthetics" created by David Mamet.
Inclusive Character Analysis: Putting Theory into Practice for the 21st Century Theatre Classroom
race, gender, class, ability, and sexual orientation to create inclusive performance practice
Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics in Practice: Perspectives on Activating the Actor
Stanislavski's "objectives," "obstacles," and "tactics".
The Technique of Acting
An Actor's Work by Konstantin Stanislavski
"An Actor Prepares" and "Building A Character" in one volume.
The Method Acting Handbook
guide to the acting exercises of Lee Strasberg
A Korean Approach to Actor Training
Michael Chekhov and Sanford Meisner
Compares Sanford Meisner Acting Technique and the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique.
Performer Training and Technology
Performer Training Reconfigured: Post-Psychophysical Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century
And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World
Directing theatre, acting and the collaborative creative process.

Acting and Auditioning for the 21st Century: Tips, Trends, and Techniques for Digital and New Media
new media, blue and green screen technology, motion capture, web series, audiobook work, livestreamed web series
Political Cyberformance: The eTheatre Project
digital performance that uses the Internet as a performance space.
Turn That Thing Off! Collaboration and Technology in 21st-Century Actor Training
Personal technology is affecting actor training.

The Moving Body (le Corps Poetique)
Your Body Knows: A movement guide for actors
Training the Actor's Body
Exercises for Embodied Actors: Tools for Physical Actioning
The Actor and His Body
keeping the actor's body physically and expressively responsive.
Movement Training for Actors
'pure movement', to games, Grotowski, Alexander, ballet, yoga and Feldenkrais.
Actor Movement: Expression oif the physical being
Feldenkrais for Actors: How to Do Less and Discover More
The Laban Workbook for Actors : a practical training guide with video
Movement: Onstage and Off
The Lucid Body: A guide for the physical actor
Performance, Movement and the Body
Physical Actor Training: What shall I do with the body they gave me?

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Acting: Make It Your Business - How to Avoid Mistakes and Achieve Success as a Working Actor
Acting and Auditioning for the 21st Century
The Actor’s Business Plan: A Career Guide for the Acting Life
Acting for the Screen
Acting for the Stage
Essays and interviews with working stage actors, acting coaches, directors, writers, and agents.
Style for Actors: A Handbook for Moving Beyond Realism
guide to roles in historical drama.
Acting in the Million Dollar Minute, the Sequel : the art of acting in TV commercials
10,000 NOs: How to Overcome Rejection on the Way to Your YES. by Matthew Del Negro

Subjects: Creative industries / Acting and drama, Creative industries / Acting, drama and technical production

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