I. ARTHUR LESSAC’S KINESENSICS AND EMBODIED ACTOR TRAINING
Contemporary Embodied Actor Training
The Pedagogical Challenges of an Embodied Practice
Methods
II. GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Back to Basics: Body Wisdom
Feeling the Process Within: Breath
Body Esthetics
Gestalt
III. BRAIDING PERCEPTIONS THROUGH HEIGHTENED AWARENESS
The Familiar Event Principle and Organic Instruction
Attention
Habitual Awareness Principle and De-Patterning Principle
The Braiding of Perceptions Through Gestalt
The Flow Between Body Esthetics, the Familiar Event Principle, and Organic
Instruction
IV. THE ACTOR’S RELATIONSHIP WITH SPACE
The Actor’s Inner Space
The Actor Inhabits Space
An Expressive Other
V. SPONTANEOUSLY FREE
Braiding of the Sentient and Sensible
Subjectivity in Performance
Accomplishing Dual Consciousness
AFTERWORD
A Word on the Importance of Trust
APPENDIX A: SELECT TIMELINE OF ARTHUR LESSAC’S LIFE AND
CAREER
APPENDIX B: SAMPLE CURRICULUM
APPENDIX C: EXPLORATIONS FOR PERSONAL DISCOVERY
Biography
Melissa Hurt is a Lessac Certified Trainer and has taught acting and Lessac’s voice, speech, and movement work at colleges across the United States. She has a PhD from the University of Oregon and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University.
