The Alexander Technique For Actors / (Record no. 2041)

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International Standard Book Number 1474279112
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International Standard Book Number 1474279120
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International Standard Book Number 9781474279116
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International Standard Book Number 9781474279123
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780413710109
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Stock number 9781474279123
Source of stock number/acquisition CodeMantra
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Transcribing agency AE-ShPAA
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Language of cataloging eng
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number RA781.5
Item number .M34 2001eb
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 613.7/8/024792
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name McEvenue, Kelly,
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 20658
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Alexander Technique For Actors /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Kelly McEvenue.
Medium Book
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture London :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2016, ©2016.
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Extent 1 online resource (176 pages)
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Performance Bks.
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Patsy Rodenburg -- An Introduction to: The Alexander Technique for Actors -- Introduction -- F. M. Alexander's Story -- Part 1: The Alexander Technique in the Theatre -- How the Alexander Technique Became My Vocation -- The Alexander Teacher's Role in the Production of a Play -- The Principles of the Alexander Technique -- 1. Recognition of Habit -- 2. Inhibition -- Pausing for an Instant to Arrest a Habit -- 3. The 'Primary Control' -- 4. Giving Direction -- Learning to Use Your Thinking to Make a Change
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Formatted contents note 11. An Open-leg Stretch -- Part 2: Putting the Alexander Technique to Work -- Partner Work -- Moving in Relationship -- Partner Work and Spatial Awareness Exercises -- 1. Spatial Awareness Exercises -- 2. Endowment -- Observing the Other -- 3. Stage 2 of Spatial Awareness -- 4. Contact Partner Work -- 5. Centrifugal Force and Opposition Exercises -- 6. A Mirroring Exercise -- 7. Status Work -- Playing the High and the Low Brows -- 8. Tableau Exercise -- Learning to Survive a 'Freeze' -- The Table Work and the Alexander Technique -- Lesson One -- Lesson Two
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Formatted contents note 5. 'Feelings' May Give Unreliable Feedback -- 6. End-gaining -- 7. Non-doing -- 'Less is More' -- The Anatomy Lesson -- The Actor Prepares -- Warming Up -- Preparing the Actor for Rehearsal or Performance -- Warm-up Exercises -- 1. Stretching on the Mat -- Lying on the Back in the Semi-supine Position -- 2. Engaging the Adominal Wall and the Back Muscles. -- 3. A Shoulder Stretch -- 4. Getting Up Off the Floor -- 5. Finding Balance or 'Centre' -- 6. Arm Stretching -- 7. Undulating Through Centre -- 8. Find the Hip Joint -- 9. The Rolling-over Exercise -- 10. Balancing into Walking
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Formatted contents note 8. Mask Work -- 9. The Zoo Project -- An Animal Study -- 10. The Lion King -- 11. An Elizabethan Bear -- 12. The Injured Actor -- 13. Understudies -- 14. The Ageing Actor -- 15. Falling and Fainting On Stage -- 16. Drunkenness -- 17. Martial Arts and the Alexander Technique -- The Stage -- How the Actor Adapts to Playing the Space -- 1. The Proscenium-arch Stage -- 2. The Raked Stage -- 3. The Thrust Stage -- 4. Theatre In the Round -- 5. Outdoor Theatre -- Epilogue -- Addresses -- eCopyright
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Part 3: Alexander Technique and Voice Work -- 1. Alexander's Discovery -- 2. Voice Work and the Alexander Technique -- 3. Musical Theatre -- 4. Opera Singing and the Alexander Technique -- 5. The Whispered 'Ah' Exercise -- Part 4: The Alexander Technique and Acting Challenges -- Relevance of the Alexander Technique to Acting -- 1. The Actor and Fitness -- 2. Character Work and the Alexander Technique -- 3. Playing Another Gender -- from the 'Trouser Role' to the Drag Act -- 4. Imitation -- Mirroring -- 5. The Kissing Class -- 6. Nudity -- 7. Alexander with Costumes, Wigs and Period Accoutrements
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Kelly McEvenue teaches the Alexander Technique, a method of physical relaxation that reduces tension throughout the body. This guide to the technique is specially adapted for actors to promote efficient use of the body. The book includes a series of step-by-step warm-ups and exercises.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Actors
General subdivision Health and hygiene.
9 (RLIN) 20659
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Alexander technique.
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Acting techniques.
Source of heading or term bicssc
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Alexander technique.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00804751
9 (RLIN) 209
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Performing Arts
General subdivision Acting & Auditioning.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading McEvenue, Kelly
Title The Alexander Technique for Actors
Place, publisher, and date of publication London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,c2001
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Uniform title Performance Bks.
9 (RLIN) 20660
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Materials specified EBSCOhost
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Koha item type Books
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Koha biblionumber 2041
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Holdings
Date last seen Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired
03/10/2025   RA781.5 .M34 2001eb 0003331 02/02/2022 Books   Library of Congress Classification   Available for loans   SPAA Library SPAA Library General Collection 02/02/2022