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Primordial Prophecy: Mingling The Basic Traits Of Theater, Modern Dance, Ballet, And Folk Dance To Create A Diversified Performance, Luana Ely
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Dancing For The Actor: A Proposal For Actor Training, Anne Marie Gay-Baradic
Dancing For The Actor: A Proposal For Actor Training, Anne Marie Gay-Baradic
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Many college and universities across the United States offer programs in theater and dance. Training often exists to facilitate the actor or the dancer in becoming separate participants in a similar art. For the college actor, movement training typically incorporates traditional approaches as developed by Matthias Alexander, Tadashi Suzuki, or Sanford Meisener. Although these lessons in movement training hold merit, alternative strategies exist. The development of the Dancing/or the Actor program utilizes the principles of dance as the primary tools in actor movement training. By experiencing the components, theories, and techniques of dance, the college actor will focus on physical …