Name: The Lone Actor
Author: Sills, Paul
ISBN: 9780810140103


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BUY FROM PUBLISHER	The Lone Actor by Viola Spolin foreword by Paul Sills Northwestern University Press, 2001 Paper: 978-0-8101-4010-3 Library of Congress Classification PN2071.I5S63 2001 Dewey Decimal Classification 792.028 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY \| REVIEWS \| TOC \| REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Viola Spolin, the originator of theater games, was introduced to the use of games, storytelling, folk dance, and dramatics as tools for stimulating creative expression in the 1920s while a student of Neva Boyd at Chicago's Hull House. During her years as a teacher and supervisor of creative dramatics there, she began to develop her nonverbal, nonpsychological approach. Her books have been translated into Swedish, German, and Portuguese. She died in 1994. Paul Sills is Viola Spolin's son and the founding director of Chicago's Second City and of Story Theater. He is the coeditor of the third edition of Spolin's Improvisation for the Theater, also published by Northwestern University Press. REVIEWS "It's like basic research . . . she [has] changed the theater for generatio "Her book is the bible." --Rob Reiner TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS Foreword Crystal Ball Author's Preface Playing the Games Into Your Space Playing the Games Side Coaching Yourself BASIC WARM-UP EXERCISE FEELING SELF WITH SELF SIT IN SILENCE EXHALATION Space Substance SPACE WALK I: EXPLORATION SPACE WALK II: SUPPORT AND EFFORT SPACE SUBSTANCE: FOR HANDS PHYSICALIZING AN OBJECT BEGIN AND END WITH OBJECTS Where, Who, and What PLAYGROUND HOW OLD AM I? HOW OLD AM I? REPEAT EMERGING WHERE: PART I EMERGING WHERE: PART II Gibberish GIBBERISH/INTRODUCTION GIBBERISH/DEMONSTRATION Slow Motion SLOW/FAST/NORMAL Seeing and Not Staring TOUCH AND BE TOUCHED/SEE AND BE SEEN SEE UNLABELED PERIPHERAL VISION PENETRATION PENETRATING THE VISIBLE No Motion NO MOTION WARM-UP NO MOTION WALKING Speech and Sound EXTENDED SOUND SINGING DIALOGUE SEEING THE WORD SPELLING VOWELS AND CONSONANTS DEAF AUDIENCE Physicalizing Attitudes ATTITUDES: YOUR OWN ATTITUDES: OTHERS' HOLD IT Rounding-Out Exercises CAMERA SHADOWING WHAT'S BEYOND? ENTERING WHAT'S BEYOND? EXITING BEGIN AND END OCCLUDING EXITS AND ENTRANCES Memorization MEMORIZATION Five Obstacles to a Direct Experience SCORE Going Forth Suggested Games for Specific Needs Traditional Games HOW MUCH DO YOU REMEMBER? OBSERVATION GAME THREE CHANGES CONCENTRATION GHOST WHEN I GO TO CALIFORNIA MY SHIP IS COMING FROM LONDON GEOGRAPHY BUZZ RHYTHM PROVERBS RHYMES TRANSFORMATION OF WORDS NAME SIX CRAMBO, OR I'M THINKING OF A WORD Glossaries Viola's Dictionary Glossary of Side-Coaching Phrases Alphabetical List of Games REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE If you are a student who has a disability that prevents you from using this book in printed form, BiblioVault may be able to supply you with an electronic file for alternative access. Please have the disability coordinator at your school fill out this form. It can take 2-3 weeks for requests to be filled. See other books on: Acting \| Acting & Auditioning \| Games \| Improvisation (Acting) \| Spolin, Viola See other titles from Northwestern University Press

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