Breathing, Movement, Exploration

by Barbara Sellers-Young

Book Overview

(Applause Books). Breathing, Movement, Exploration is a groundbreaking approach to how to use your body. Barbara Sellers-Young combines body mechanics and eastern and western philosophy to create a new visceral awareness of the performance process. Its simple, step-by-step structure enables the reader to learn the concepts of Laban and Stanislavski while exploring eastern ideas of breath and energy. Breathing, Movement, Exploration is a useful blueprint...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557834709
• ISBN13: 9781557834706
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An Eclectic Approach

This book bridges eastern and western perspectives on the body to formulate a movement approach to performance that could be the basis for a Stanislavski based acting class or a performance class that is some combination of actors, dancers and performance artists. The exercises are concise, clear and guide the reader through increasinly levels of self-awareness and application of this knowledge to performance.

Feel, Fuse and Follow is Great Technique

This book is great. The concept of feel, fuse and follow integrated me with my body in ways I never thought possible.

Innovative approach

This book was a revelation to me in integrating my physical life with my imagination. The easy to follow explorations guided me from an understanding of my body to new ways of moving and working with a script. I found its focus on breathing and imagery expanded my ability to create a character.