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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas De Mallet Burgess , Nicholas SkilbeckPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780415166577ISBN 10: 0415166578 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 23 December 1999 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Replaced By: 9780415441452 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface -- Acknowledgements -- Part One Introduction -- 1 Singing and acting in performance -- Introduction -- Music and Drama -- The Structure of Sung Theatre -- The Past, the Present and the Challenge -- Terminology -- The Performer -- The Fundamental Disciplines -- The Indivisible Expression -- Using the Exercises -- The Workshop Process -- The Leader and the Workshop Process -- Part Two The Exercises -- 2 The fundamental disciplines -- Preparing the Ground -- Relaxation -- Exercise 1 -- Dissociation -- Exercise 2 -- Visualisation -- Exercises 3-4 -- Warming-up -- Exercises 5-6 -- Energising -- Exercises 7-14 -- Concentration -- Exercises 15-23 -- Awareness -- Exercises 24-39 -- Imagination and Spontaneity -- Exercises 40-47 -- 3 Rhythm, pulse and time -- Rhythm and Time -- Exercise 48 -- Pulse -- Exercises 49-60 -- Musical Structure -- Exercises 61-64 -- Sustaining a Moment -- Exercises 65-69 -- Using Rhythm and Pulse to Create Emotion -- 4 Music, text and the score -- Approaching the Score -- Learning the Score -- Interpreting the Score -- Exercise 70 -- The Relationship between Text and Music -- Exercises 71-75 -- Exploring the Sound and Word Association -- Exercises 76-79 -- Being Present -- Exercises 80-86 -- Dialogue, Recitative and Heightened Text -- Exercises 87-92 -- 5 Character, emotion and sound -- Character -- Music and Character -- Exercises 93-99 -- Acting in Sung Theatre -- Exercises 100-101 -- Gesture -- Exercises 102-106 -- Eye Language and Focus -- Exercises 107-108 -- Emotion -- Exercises 109-119 -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix: Figures 1-28 -- Bibliography -- Index of games and exercises by title and destinationReviewsThe Singing and Acting Handbook is an excellent reference resource intended to create and keep alive the requisite self-knowledge, imagination, and creativity to distinguish the especially talented performer from the thousands of others.. <br>-Choice <br> Teachers of music theater or opera will want this in their libraries for the use of students at all levels.. <br>-Choice <br> This wonderful compendium of exercises clearly supports the authors' basic tenet that musical theater is greater than the sum of its usually segregated parts. Certain to become a standard in this discipline. <br>- Library Journal, February 15, 2000 <br> For any institution serious about integrating singing and acting, this book should be the first port of call. <br>-John Caird, Honarary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Co-director of 'Les Miserables', London and New York <br> [A] groundbreaking collection of exercises. <br>-Paul Reeve, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden <br> 'Singing and Acting has something for everyone the book represents a collection of great advice on all aspects of performance.' - Anne B. Wilson, Speech and Drama The Singing and Acting Handbook is an excellent reference resource intended to create and keep alive the requisite self-knowledge, imagination, and creativity to distinguish the especially talented performer from the thousands of others.. -Choice Teachers of music theater or opera will want this in their libraries for the use of students at all levels.. -Choice This wonderful compendium of exercises clearly supports the authors' basic tenet that musical theater is greater than the sum of its usually segregated parts. Certain to become a standard in this discipline. - Library Journal, February 15, 2000 For any institution serious about integrating singing and acting, this book should be the first port of call. -John Caird, Honarary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Co-director of 'Les Miserables', London and New York [A] groundbreaking collection of exercises. -Paul Reeve, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden The Singing and Acting Handbook is an excellent reference resource intended to create and keep alive the requisite self-knowledge, imagination, and creativity to distinguish the especially talented performer from the thousands of others.. -Choice Teachers of music theater or opera will want this in their libraries for the use of students at all levels.. -Choice This wonderful compendium of exercises clearly supports the authors' basic tenet that musical theater is greater than the sum of its usually segregated parts. Certain to become a standard in this discipline. - Library Journal, February 15, 2000 For any institution serious about integrating singing and acting, this book should be the first port of call. -John Caird, Honarary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Co-director of 'Les Miserables', London and New York [A] groundbreaking collection of exercises. -Paul Reeve, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 'Singing and Acting has something for everyone the book represents a collection of great advice on all aspects of performance.' - Anne B. Wilson, Speech and Drama Author InformationThomas de Mallet Burgess works internationally as a freelance director and workshop leader in opera, musicals and spoken theatre. In the UK he has worked for the Royal Opera House, Opera North, Welsh National Opera, the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Nicholas Skilbeck works internationally as a musical director, composer, vocal coach and pianist. He has worked for Cameron Mackintosh as Musical Director of Cafsand has led workshops in opera and musical theatre for Opera North, the Studio des Varietes in Paris, and the Royal Academy of Music. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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