Science of Acting

Informationen zum Autor Sam Kogan studied at the Moscow Institute of Theatre Arts (now the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts) under the tutelage of Professor Maria Knebel. He established The Science of Acting , a complete stand-alone technique. Helen Kogan is the chair and former principal of The Academy of Science of Acting and Directing , has helped to shape her father's words and work for the publication of this book. Klappentext First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung What is good acting? How does one create believable characters? This book presents a study of human behavior and its application to acting. It includes chapters on Awareness, Purposes, Events, Actions, Imagination, Free Body, Tempo-Rhythm, and Laws of Thinking, culminating in the Ten Steps to Creating a Character. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, About this book, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART ONE: The Foundations, ONE. COMPLEXES, TWO. AWARENESS, THREE. EVENTS, FOUR. PURPOSES, FIVE. THE FORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SIX. MINDPRINT, SEVEN. ACTIONS, EIGHT. FINISHING-OFF THINKING, NINE. TEMPO-RHYTHM, PART TWO: Qualities of an Actor, TEN. IMAGINATION, ELEVEN. ATTENTION, TWELVE. FREE BODY, THIRTEEN. TALENT, PART THREE: Working on a Script, FOURTEEN. THE TEN STEPS, A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov, Author’s Afterword, Final Word, Appendix 1: List of Purposes and their definitions, Appendix 2: List of Actions, Appendix 3: The Ten Steps table, Glossary, Notes and bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Helen Kogan, Sam Kogan, Sam Kogan Kogan, Kogan Helen, Kogan Sam
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2009
• EAN: 9780415488112
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48811-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; The arts: general issues, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Acting techniques, The arts: general topics