Acknowledgments Introduction: Movement Training for Actors Chapter One: Educating Efficient Labor for the Acting Profession Chapter Two: The ‘Neutral’ Body, the ‘Natural’ Body and Movement Training for Actors Chapter Three: Movement Training for Actors and the Docile Body Chapter Four: Movement Training and the Unruly Body Conclusion: Overview and Projections Bibliography Index
Biography
Mark Evans is Associate Dean of the Coventry School of Art and Design at Coventry University. He recently published Jacques Copeau (Routledge Performance Practitioners series, 2006).
'Including a comprehensive bibliography, this heavily annotated study is a must read for those who teach dance and movement... Highly recommended.' - CHOICE
'Extremely well researched... The book gives a positive message about the movement training of actors and should make students feel excited about this aspect of training.' - Teaching Drama
'Evan's writing style is accessible and the questions he raises are enlightening, relevant and often surprising' - Youth Drama Ireland
'As the first critical study of movement in actor training, this is a highly informative, ground-breaking textbook which rounds up an extensive range of theories about what movement training is and does as a set of practices, while simultaneously interrogating the politics of the body.' - Dymphna Callery, New Theatre Quarterly
