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Michael Lugering's The Expressive Actor presents a foundational, preparatory training method, using movement to unlock the entire acting process. Its action-based perspective integrates voice, movement and basic acting training into a unified approach.
A wealth of exercises and diagrams guide the reader through this internationally taught program, making it an ideal step-by-step course for both solo and classroom use. Through this course, voice and body training becomes more than a simple skill-building activity – it is the central prerequisite to any actor training.
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SERIES: THE EXPRESSIVE ACTOR TRAINING INTEGRATED VOICE, MOVEMENT & ACTING
An ideal step-by-step course for both student and classroom use. The Expressive Actor Series by master teacher Michael Lugering brings together voice, movement and basic acting skills in an integrated and comprehensive training method. The exercises and improvisations are simple, repeatable, ideal for daily preparation, and can be practiced alone or with others to keep the voice and body ready for the rigorous demands of rehearsal and performance. Whether you act Shakespeare or Sondheim, Moliere or Mamet, this innovative four-part series will train your body, mind and spirit to deliver top-notch dramatic performances.
Expressive Actor: The Lugering Method
An ideal step-by-step course for both student and classroom use.
Additionally: Joan Melton, an internationally recognized actor trainer and author, interviews Master Teacher Michael Lugering in a theoretical discussion of recent discoveries in philosophy, somatic psychology, neuroscience and aesthetics that underpin the integrated voice, movement and acting method presented in this series.
Expressive Actor: Expressive Action
"The study of acting should begin with physical action-a specialized, structured, flexible and adaptable physical action that is enlisted in the direct service of the expression of thought and feeling. I call this integrated physical action an expressive action."
--Michael Lugering
A group of actors work through a series of carefully structured exercises and improvisations that unlock the physical, raw materials that make human expression possible. Whether the actor is expressing love, loss, rage or joy, unlocking these universal will provide the building blocks for captivating and dynamic acting.
Expressive Actor: Voice and Body Exercises
A group of actors demonstrate a series of voice and body exercises that unite a series of moving, breathing and sounding actions in an integrated full-bodied acting workout. These smart exercises do more than simply build essential skills in alignment, movement, respiration, resonance and range, but simultaneously prepare the actor for the expression of the body's richest and most powerful thoughts and feelings. The goal is the development of a flexible and dynamic voice and body that is hard-wired to express thought and feeling.
Expressive Actor: Improvisation
A group of actors demonstrate a variety of improvisatory techniques and exercises designed to expand the actor's imagination and expressive power. Rooted in impulse, spontaneity, and creativity, the improvisations will lead you to new and unfamiliar methods of expression never thought possible and many of which you have never experienced in your personal life. These basic exercises can easily be modified and adapted for on-going growth and development. All the while, your acting repertoire increases and becomes more nuanced and sophisticated.
Michael Lugering's The Expressive Actor presents a foundational, preparatory training method, using movement to unlock the entire acting process. Its action-based perspective integrates voice, movement and basic acting training into a unified approach.
A wealth of exercises and diagrams guide the reader through this internationally taught program, making it an ideal step-by-step course for both solo and classroom use. Through this course, voice and body training becomes more than a simple skill-building activity – it is the central prerequisite to any actor training.