Actor Training the Laban Way: An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement

Adrian (theater, Marymount Manhattan College, New York) offers actor trainers this guide to exercises in the method of Austrian choreographer Rudolf von Laban for integrated voice, speech, and movement training. The method is divided into three levels, with exercises in such areas as: breath, Bartenieff fitness, center pitch, speech shape, shape change in movement, exploration of the physical and vocal kinesphere, consonant articulation and rhythm, voice and movement, precise articulation, and expression of heightened moments. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)