1st Edition
The Expressive Actor Integrated Voice, Movement and Acting Training
Part 1: Prologue 1. Introduction to the Method 2. Overview of the Method 3. Introduction to the Actor Part 2: Principles of Expressive Action 4. Expressive Action 5. Expressive Action in Context 6. Architecture of an Expressive Action Part 3: Principles of Integration 7. Integration Part 4: Stacking 8. Introduction to Stacking 9. Moving 10. Breathing 11. Sounding 12. Speaking 13. Extending the Barre Part 5: Technique 14. Preliminaries 15. Voice and Body Exercises 16. Language and Character Exercise Epilogue Appendix I: Expressive Continuum Appendix II: Actions Bibliography
Biography
Michael Lugering is the founding director of the Expressive Actor, a non-profit arts organization committed to integrated methods of actor training, and a Full Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has taught master classes in acting, voice, movement and classical text throughout the US, Korea, and the UK.
‘The Expressive Actor by Michael Lugering presents a comprehensive training method – bringing together voice, movement and basic acting skills. It’s very specific and very detailed with lots of impressive exercises and diagrams.’ – Susan Elkin, The Stage
