Laban Workbook for Actors

Katya Bloom, PhD, taught Laban on the core acting course at RADA in London, 1989 to 2009. Author of The Embodied Self, and co-author of Moves, she is based in the USA.Barbara Adrian is Professor of Theatre Arts at Marymount Manhattan College, NY, USA. She is author of Actor Training the Laban Way.Tom Casciero, PhD, is Theatre Professor at Towson University, MD, USA.Jennifer Mizenko is Professor of Dance and Movement for the Actor at the University of Mississippi, USA.Claire Porter is a freelance Movement specialist, performer and director. She teaches at NYU, and internationally, and is based in the USA.

• IntroductionChapter 1: A Physical Foundation for the Actor (Tom Casciero)Chapter 2: Moving Into Character (Katya Bloom)Chapter 3: Moving Your Voice: Expanding Your Vocal Creative Potential through LMA (Barbara Adrian)Chapter 4: Links Between LMA and Key Acting Techniques (Jennifer Mizenko)Chapter 5: Generating and Structuring a Movement and Text Performance (Claire Porter)Appendix A: General Overview of Laban Movement Analysis VocabularyAppendix B: Body, Effort, Shape and Space ChartsLaban Traning ProgramesBibliography and Further ReadingLinks to Workbook VideoNotes on ContributorsIndex