The Lucid Body: A Guide for the Physical Actor - Paperback
by Fay Simpson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Fay Simpson, Eleanor Rose Boynton (Illustrator)Publish date:2020-08-18Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:AllworthISBN-13:9781621537243ISBN-10:1621537242UPC:9781621537243Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Acting & Auditioning, Theater, DanceBook Topic:Broadway & MusicalsSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCKC2FR28B
"From Fay's methodology, I learned to use my intuition and lived experiences in myriad new ways." --Winston Duke, actor, Black Panther, Avengers, Us, and Nine Days Engaging Mind and Body to Develop the Complete Physical Nature of Characters Actors are shape-shifters, requiring the tools to wade into unfamiliar waters and back out again. The Lucid Body offers a holistic, somatic approach to embodying character from the inside-out and, for the non-actor, offers a way to give hidden parts of the self their full expression. By identifying stagnant movement patterns, this process expands one's emotional and physical range and enables the creation of characters from all walks of life--however cruel, desolate, or jolly. Rooted in the exploration of the seven chakra energy centers, The Lucid Body reveals how each body holds the possibility of every human condition. Readers will learn how to:
- Practice a non-judgmental approach to the journey of self-awareness
- Break up stagnant and restrictive patterns of thought and movement
- Allow an audible exhale to be the key to unlocking the breath
- Develop a mindset to "hear" one's inner body
- Analyze the human condition through the psycho-physical lens of the chakras
- Experience the safety of coming back to a neutral body
- Acquire a sense of clarity and calm in one's everyday life
Language:EnglishPublisher:AllworthISBN-13:9781621537243ISBN-10:1621537242UPC:9781621537243Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Acting & Auditioning, Theater, DanceBook Topic:Broadway & MusicalsSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCKC2FR28B
Fay Simpson is the founder of the Lucid Body Institute and artistic director of Impact Theatre NYC. Informed by thirty years of performing and devising work (Veterans Project, D-train, The Marital Bliss of Francis and Maxine, and Scotty), Simpson developed the Lucid Body technique. She and her instructors conduct private workshops and a two-year teacher training program at her Manhattan studio, The Lucid Body House. She is an associate arts professor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program. A private coach for actors on stage, screen and television, she teaches abroad extensively wherever her teachers are building communities--London, Berlin, Toulouse, Moscow, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, and beyond. Simpson is a member of the Actor's Center and recipient of the Fox Foundation Fellowship and Likhachev Fellowship. She lives in New York City. Eleanor Rose Boynton is an illustrator and tattoo artist born and raised in New York City. Since graduating from Parsons School of Design, she's found that the greatest inspiration for her work is exploring how natural things endure to survive in a fully urban environment, inspiring her to delve into ever-expanding forms of image making and new materials. Working closely with Fay Simpson to develop the visual stories for The Lucid Body, Boynton's illustrations are a melding of new and old techniques, reaching back into traditional drafting and drawing styles, and collaging with digital imagery to bring each character to life.
Publisher: Allworth
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"From Fay's methodology, I learned to use my intuition and lived experiences in myriad new ways." --Winston Duke, actor, Black Panther, Avengers, Us, and Nine Days Engaging Mind and Body to Develop the Complete Physical Nature of Characters Actors are shape-shifters, requiring the tools to wade into unfamiliar waters and back out again. The Lucid Body offers a holistic, somatic approach to embodying character from the inside-out and, for the non-actor, offers a way to give hidden parts of the self their full expression. By identifying stagnant movement patterns, this process expands one's emotional and physical range and enables the creation of characters from all walks of life--however cruel, desolate, or jolly. Rooted in the exploration of the seven chakra energy centers, The Lucid Body reveals how each body holds the possibility of every human condition. Readers will learn how to:
- Practice a non-judgmental approach to the journey of self-awareness
- Break up stagnant and restrictive patterns of thought and movement
- Allow an audible exhale to be the key to unlocking the breath
- Develop a mindset to "hear" one's inner body
- Analyze the human condition through the psycho-physical lens of the chakras
- Experience the safety of coming back to a neutral body
- Acquire a sense of clarity and calm in one's everyday life
Fay Simpson is the founder of the Lucid Body Institute and artistic director of Impact Theatre NYC. Informed by thirty years of performing and devising work (Veterans Project, D-train, The Marital Bliss of Francis and Maxine, and Scotty), Simpson developed the Lucid Body technique. She and her instructors conduct private workshops and a two-year teacher training program at her Manhattan studio, The Lucid Body House. She is an associate arts professor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program. A private coach for actors on stage, screen and television, she teaches abroad extensively wherever her teachers are building communities--London, Berlin, Toulouse, Moscow, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, and beyond. Simpson is a member of the Actor's Center and recipient of the Fox Foundation Fellowship and Likhachev Fellowship. She lives in New York City. Eleanor Rose Boynton is an illustrator and tattoo artist born and raised in New York City. Since graduating from Parsons School of Design, she's found that the greatest inspiration for her work is exploring how natural things endure to survive in a fully urban environment, inspiring her to delve into ever-expanding forms of image making and new materials. Working closely with Fay Simpson to develop the visual stories for The Lucid Body, Boynton's illustrations are a melding of new and old techniques, reaching back into traditional drafting and drawing styles, and collaging with digital imagery to bring each character to life.
Publisher: Allworth
Edition
2nd Edition, Second Edition
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