TY - BOOK AU - Luckett,Sharrell D. AU - Shaffer,Tia M. TI - Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches SN - 1317441214 AV - PN2061.L83 2016 U1 - 792.02/8 PY - 2017/// CY - Milton PB - Taylor and Francis KW - Acting KW - African American actors KW - African Americans in the performing arts KW - Acteurs noirs américains KW - Art dramatique KW - Noirs américains dans les arts du spectacle KW - acting KW - ART / American / African American KW - ART / Performance KW - PERFORMING ARTS KW - Electronic books N1 - P.B; Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword: the blessing / Molefi Kete Asante -- Introduction: the affirmation / Sharrell D. Luckett and Tia M. Schaffer -- Part 1. Methods of social activism 1. The Hendricks method / Sharrell D. Luckett and Tia M. Shaffer -- 2. SoulWork / Cristal Chanelle Truscott -- 3. Nudging the memory: creating performance with the Medea Project: theatre for incarcerated women / Rhodessa Jones -- 4. Art saves lives: Rebecca Rice and the performance of Black feminist improv for social change / Lisa Biggs -- Part 2. Methods of intervention -- 5. Seeking Shakespeare through brown eyes / Justin Emeka -- 6. Ritual poetic drama within the African continuum: the journey from Shakespeare to Shange / Tawnya Pettiford-Wates -- 7. Remembering, rewriting, and re-imagining: Afrocentric approaches to directing new work for the theatre / Clinnesha D. Sibley -- Part 3. Methods of cultural plurality -- 8. The Hip Hop Theatre Initiative: we the Griot / Daniel Banks -- 9. Kadogo Mojo: global crossings in the theatre / Aku Kadogo -- 10. #UnyieldingTruth: employing culturally relevant pedagogy / Kashi Johnson and Daphnie Sicre -- Part 4. Reflections from distinguished practitioners -- 11. Rituals, processes, methods / Judyie Al-Bilali, Tim Bond, Sheldon Epps, Shirley Jo Finney, Nataki Garrett, Anita Gonzalez, Paul Carter Harrison, Robbie McCauley, Seret Scott, Tommie "Tonea" Stewart and Talvin Wilks -- 12. Words of wisdom for actors / Talvin Wilks, Sheldon Epps, Shirley Jo Finney, Walter Dallas, Kamilah Forbes, Kym Moore, Judyie Al-Bilali, Tim Bond, Nataki Garrett, Paul Carter Harrison, Anita Gonzalez, Ron Himes and Seret Scott -- Appendix: recommendations for acting/performance programs that seek to provide equitable training N2 - Black Acting Methods seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with. A wealth of contributions from directors, scholars and actor trainers address afrocentric processes and aesthetics, and interviews with key figures in Black American theatre illuminate their methods. This ground-breaking collection is an essential resource for teachers, students, actors and directors seeking to reclaim, reaffirm or even redefine the role and contributions of Black culture in theatre arts.--Provided by publisher UR - https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4710881 ER -