Mask Improvisation for Actor Training and Performance

Title: Mask Improvisation for Actor Training and Performance
Author: Eldredge, Sears
Price: $59.95

Because mask improvisation is relatively new in American theatre training, this work is designed to acquaint readers with the theory of mask improvisation and to instruct them in the techniques of the method as well. It gives a historical survey of the role masks of masks in various cultures.

CONTENTS
Part 1 Introduction: the ubiquitous mask
* masks in Western theatre
* mask improvization - an introduction
* getting started
* the lesson of the mask
* masks and countermasks

Part 2 The neutral mask: the concept of neutral
* the neutral mask identifications
* continuing identification exercises

Part 3 The characters masks: the beginning character masks
* the countermask
* the life masks
* the found object masks
* the complex character masks
* masks and faces
* mask theatre

Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication date: 31/10/1996
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780810113657
Publishing status: OS In-stock BN