Voice and the Actor - Couverture rigide

Berry, Cicely

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0025103709 ISBN 13 : 9780025103702

Editeur : Macmillan Pub Co, 1974

Synopsis

Book by Berry Cicely

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Speaking is part of a whole: an expression of inner life." Cicely Berry has based her work on the conviction that while all is present in nature our natural instincts have been crippled from birth by many processes––by the conditioning, in fact, of a warped society. So an actor needs precise exercise and clear understanding to liberate his hidden possibilities and to learn the hard task of being true to the ′instinct of the moment′. As her book points out with remarkable persuasiveness ′technique′ as such is a myth, for there is no such thing as a correct voice. There is no right way––there are only a million wrong ways, which are wrong because they deny what would otherwise be affirmed. Wrong uses of the voice are those that constipate feeling, constrict activity, blunt expression, level out idiosyncrasy, generalize experience, coarsen intimacy. These blockages are multiple and are the results of acquired habits that have become part of the automatic vocal equipment; unnoticed and unknown, they stand between the actor′s voice as it is and as it could be and they will not vanish by themselves. So the work is not how to do but how to permit: how, in fact, to set the voice free. And since life in the voice springs from emotion, drab and uninspiring technical exercises can never be sufficient. Cicely Berry never departs from the fundamental recognition that speaking is part of a whole: an expression of inner life.. After a voice session with her I have known actors speak not of the voice but of a growth in human relationships. This is a high tribute to work that is the opposite of specialization. Cicely Berry sees the voice teacher as involved in all of a theatre′s work. She would never try to separate the sound of words from their living context. For her the two are inseparable. ––from Peter Brook′s foreword to Voice and the Actor

Quatrième de couverture

'Technique as such is a myth, for there is no such things as a correct voice. There is no right way - there are only a million wrong ways.'

Voice and the Actor is the first classic work by Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespear Company and world-famous voice teacher. Encapsulating her renowned method of teaching voice production, the exercises in this straightforward, no-nonsense guide will develop relaxation, breathing and muscular control - without which no actor or speaker can achieve their full potential.

Illustrated with passages used in Cicely Berry's own teaching, Voice and the Actor is the essential first step towards speaking a text with truth and meaning. Inspiring and practical, her words will be a revelation for beginner and professional alike.
'Without Cicely Berry, without her talent, my journey from film back to Shakespear would have been impossible.' - Jeremy Irons
'Cicely Berry sees the voice teacher as involved in all of a theatre's work. She would never try to separate the sound of words from their living context. For her the two inseparable. This is what makes her book so necessary and valuable.'
From the foreword by Peter Brook

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan Pub Co
• Date d'édition: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0025103709
• ISBN 13: 9780025103702
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible