Body Voice Imagination : ImageWork Training and the Chekhov Technique, 2nd Edition

Title: Body Voice Imagination : ImageWork Training and the Chekhov Technique, 2nd Edition
Author: David Zinder
ISBN: 0415461987 / 9780415461986
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 302
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2009
Availability: 2 to 3 weeks

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David Zinder’s Body Voice Imagination is written by one of the master teachers of the Michael Chekhov technique of acting training. This book is a comprehensive course of exercises devoted to the development of actors’ creative expressivity, comprising both pre-Chekhov ImageWork Training and seminal exercises of the Chekhov technique. It also details the way in which these techniques can be applied to performance through a discovery of the profound connections between the actor’s body, imagination and voice.

This new edition has been fully updated, with revisions and new material:

  • Updated exercises, reflecting developments in David Zinder’s own ImageWork Training
  • An detailed description, with exercises, of ImageWork’s connections to the Chekhov technique
  • A new chapter, bridging the gap between training and performance

Body Voice Imagination develops both a comprehensive physical training system and an emphasis on practical character work. This authoritative programme of ‘pre-Chekhov’ training is furnished with essential notes and advice from the author’s vast store of professional experience.

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Preface to the Second Edition
Pre-text
Introduction

Part 1 : Logic
Chapter 1 :
The Logic of Training
Chapter 2 : Training into Writing
Chapter 3 : Technicalities

Part 2 : Praxis
Chapter 4 :
The Exercises
Chapter 5 : A Marriage of True Minds : Imagework Training and the Chekhov Technique

Appendix 1 : Exercises by Group, Number, and Pge Number
Appendix 2 : The Exercises in Alphabetical Order
Bibliography
Index