Notes from an Odin actress
Subtitle: stones of water
By: Julia Varley.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780415586283; 9780415586290; 9780203847046
Subjects: Varley, Julia, -- 1954-; Odin teatret; Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography; Acting
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Stones of water
Work titles: Pietre d'acqua.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Dancing history. First steps; title: Becoming an actress; title: Odin Teatret; title: Teachers; title: The dramaturgy of the actress; title: Personal terminology. The echo of silence; title: Stage presence; title: Pursuing oppositions; title: Rodin's torsos; title: Precision and decision: the whole body; title: Precision and decision: the whole voice; title: Training. Aspects of training; title: My own training; title: The purpose of training; title: Reduction; title: Improvisation and composition. The creation of material; title: Stimuli, strategies and procedures; title: Repetition, memory, fixing; title: Before, during and after improvisation; title: Elaboration: from the actress's point of view; title: Elaboration: from the director's point of view; title: Score and subscore. A useful but wrong word; title: The paper song; title: Thought; title: The subscore of creation; title: Chaotic order; title: The subscore of repetition; title: The subscore of performance; title: Text and subtext. Textual interpretation; title: Textual analysis; title: Physical actions as subtext; title: Vocal actions as subtext; title: Melodies and music as subtext; title: The character. Identities; title: Mr Peanut; title: Do; a musica; title: Dramaturgy according to Daedalus; title: The puppet character; title: The director; title: Meeting a director; title: Working with a director; title: The surgeon and the mountaineer; title: The peasant and the cook; title: The performance. Replica and difference; title: Faces, words, landscapes.