The Art of Unarmed Stage Combat
Autor Robert Najarianen Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 dec 2015
Expert Fight Director Robert Najarian offers never-before-published games and exercises that allows actors to develop the skills and concepts for performing violence for stage and screen. This title utilizes a unique system of training techniques that result in stage violence that is both physically engaging for the performer, while remaining viscerally engaging for the audience.
This book is written for the actor and fight director.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781138938014
ISBN-10: 1138938017
Pagini: 254
Ilustrații: 285
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1138938017
Pagini: 254
Ilustrații: 285
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Professional Practice & DevelopmentCuprins
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I – A Brief History of Violence in Performance
1. Overview of Stage Combat History
2. Overview of Hoplology
Part II - Physical Training
3. The Warm-Up
4. Partnered Conditioning
5. Combat Games
Part III - Cornerstone Concepts
6. Seeking Safety
7. Good Partnering
8. Audience Relationship (The Third Partner)
9. Characters in Conflict
Part IV – Process and Performance
10. The Violent Soundscape
11. The Illusion of Violence
12. Non-Contact Violence
13. Contact Violence
14. Taken For Granted
15. Final Thoughts
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I – A Brief History of Violence in Performance
1. Overview of Stage Combat History
2. Overview of Hoplology
Part II - Physical Training
3. The Warm-Up
4. Partnered Conditioning
5. Combat Games
Part III - Cornerstone Concepts
6. Seeking Safety
7. Good Partnering
8. Audience Relationship (The Third Partner)
9. Characters in Conflict
Part IV – Process and Performance
10. The Violent Soundscape
11. The Illusion of Violence
12. Non-Contact Violence
13. Contact Violence
14. Taken For Granted
15. Final Thoughts
Index
Notă biografică
Robert Najarian is an actor, instructor, and fight director hailing from the East Coast. He has taught at movement and stage combat workshops, such as the National Stage Combat Workshop at North Carolina School of the Arts, The Winter Wonderland Workshop in Chicago, IL, The Paddy Crean Workshop at the Banff Center in Alberta, Canada, and as an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Michigan. As a fight director, Najarian has staged the violence for more than 100 productions for stage and film. Fight direction credits include Carmen and Macbeth with Boston Lyric Opera, As You Like It with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Don Quixote with Boston Ballet, Johnny Baseball with American Repertory Theatre, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The Kite Runner with New Repertory Theatre, and She Kills Monsters with Company One. Najarian is Fight Director and Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and a member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
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Descriere
The Art of Unarmed Stage Combat is your guide to the principles and techniques of theatrical stage combat, combining detailed discussions of the mechanics of stage fighting with the nuances of acting decisions to make fighting styles reflect character and story. Expert Fight Director Robert Najarian offers never-before-published games and exercises that will allow you to develop the skills and concepts for successful stage combat. This title utilizes a unique system of training techniques that result in stage violence that is both physically engaging for you as a performer, while remaining viscerally engaging for the audience.