Overview
How can actors bridge the gap between themselves and the text and action
of a script, integrating fully their learned vocal skills? How do we
make an imaginary world real, create the life of a role, and fully
embody it vocally and physically so that voice and acting become one?
Christina Gutekunst and John Gillett unite their depth of experience
in voice training and acting to create an integrated and comprehensive
approach informed by Stanislavski and his successors - the acting
approach widely taught to actors in drama schools throughout the world.
The authors create a step-by-step guide to explore how voice can:
* respond to our thoughts, senses, feelings, imagination and will
* fully express language in content and form
* communicate imaginary circumstances and human experience
* transform to adapt to different roles
* connect to a variety of audiences and spaces
Featuring over fifty illustrations by German artist Dany Heck, Voice into Acting
is an essential manual for the actor seeking full vocal identity in
characterization, and for the voice teacher open to new techniques, or
an alternative approach, to harmonize with the actor's process.