1st Edition

Acting Reframes Using NLP to Make Better Decisions In and Out of the Theatre

By Robert Barton Copyright 2011
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Acting Reframes presents theatre and film practitioners with a methodology for using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) as a tool to aid their practice. Author Robert Barton uses the NLP approach to illustrate a range of innovative methods to help actors and directors, including: • reducing performance anxiety • enabling clearer communication • intensifying character analysis •... Read more

Chapter 1 -What is NLP?

Chapter 2 -What is VAK?

Chapter 3- VAK in Theatre

Chapter 4- Reframing

Chapter 5- NLP Scene Study

Chapter 6 – Getting it Done

Biography

Robert Barton is Professor Emeritus of Acting at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Acting: Onstage and Off, Voice: Onstage and Off (with Rocco Dal Vera), Theatre in Your Life and Life Themes (with Annie McGregor) and Style for Actors. His column "Many Right Ways" appears in each edition of The Voice and Speech Review.

'Fundamentally this is a book on how to communicate better, and we all need that... The examples are clear and helpul, and the descriptions are lucid and cogent.'

- David Krasner, Emerson College, USA

'The purpose of the book is clearly presented throughout; the tone is cheerfully accessible and the content of exercises is practical and useful to actors and teachers.'

- Brigid Panet, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, UK