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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Acting at the Speed of Life: Conquering Theatrical Style

Acting at the Speed of Life: Conquering Theatrical Style

Mooney, Timothy

Paperback

Acting & Auditioning

ISBN10: 0983181209
ISBN13: 9780983181200
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 21 2011
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.62 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
An acting textbook focusing on stylized performance. Moving from the fundamentals of Being Seen and Being Heard, to challenges of Asides, Soliloquies, and explorations of Hamlet, The Misanthrope and Tartuffe. Based on Timothy Mooney's popular Acting Workshop, Mooney expands his topic to cover issues of memorization, pursuit of objectives, presence and the mastery of rhetoric. From the cover: The best acting workshop you never attended! Acting students all over the U.S. have the three steps of Tim Mooney's Hamlet exercise indelibly imprinted in their brain! In a brief two-hour session, this workshop completely upends the way performers look at dialogue! With Acting at the Speed of Life, Mooney goes beyond what he is able to squeeze into this hugely successful master class, to share secrets of Theatrical Power! The results are immediate, for actors, teachers and anyone seeking to boost the power of their presence in public! Among the book's many lessons, you'll learn to...Stop Stopping yourself!Make Memorization Stick!Triumph Over Rhetorical Speech!Incorporate the 'Stuff' of Historical Style!Uncover Theatrical Convention in Modern Life!Go Ridiculously Beyond the Bounds of Realism!Capture Emotional Action by Pursuing its Opposite!

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