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Body Work
 Holistic Bodywork for Performers: A practical guide
Janet Free & Nicky Ramsay
This book gives hands-on practical guidance for some of the most important bodywork practices being used in theatres and training centres, including yoga, tai chi, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais and Contact Improvisation. Alternative therapies like shiatsu and reflexology, which provide pathways to understanding the body's natural balancing and energy systems, are also introduced with accessible guidelines for safe practical use. Softcover, 159 pp. $32.95.
 The Actor and His Body
Litz Pisk
Litz Pisk was widely regarded as the finest and most influencial
teacher of modern theatre movement. Her subject, in her teaching
and in this book, is a search for awareness of the emotional and
psychological impulses that should, quite literally, motivate an
actor in his or her role on the stage. This seminal text will be
of much use to all performers working on stage or in film and television.
Softcover, 95 pp. $24.00ß.
 Expressive Movement: Posture and Action in Daily Life, Sports, and the Performing Arts
Alexandra Pierce & Roger Pierce
Containing clear, down-to-earth information about living in a human body, this
book is aimed at helping you to use your body with more focus and creativity
in order to be more calm and less tense. This engaging and informative book
is designed to meet a broad spectrum of readers. Softcover, 244 pp. $34.95.
 The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion
Moshe Feldenkrais
In The Potent Self, visionary scientist and acclaimed
author Moshe Feldenkrais delves deeply into the relationship between
faulty posture, pain, and the underlying emotional mechanisms that
lead to compulsive and dependant human behavior. Using the guidelines
offered in this book, the reader will learn how to achieve a state
of mental and physical wellness. Softcover, 240 pp. $24.95.
 The Body Speaks: Performance and Expression
Lorna Marshall
This ground-breaking book treats the body as a positive resource rather than
a problem to be managed. Lorna Marshall enables us to recognize and lose unwanted
physical habits and discover new possibilites for the body, enriching our experience
and letting us communicate more effectively. Softcover, 218 pp. $23.95.
 The Alexander Technique for
Actors
Kelly McEvenue, foreword by Patsy Rodenburg
Alexander practitioner and teacher, Kelly McEvenue has made a significant contribution
to the material available on the subject of body training for performers. It
is well designed and readable, easily useable without a coach. Performers will
benefit from using this book to discover the benefits from the Alexander Technique.
$32.50.
 The Alchemy of Movement
June Kemp
This book for actors offers a lucid introduction to the teachings
of June Kemp. Illustrated throughout in black & white, this guide
will help actors who wish to maximize the expressive power of
their body for stage and screen. Softcover 130 pp. $22.50.
 Peoplewatching: The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
Desmond Morris
In this captivating work of anthropology, Desmond Morris shows us how people,
consciously and unconsciously, signal their attitudes, desires and innermost
feelings with their bodies and actions. Actors will find this book to be a wellspring
of ideas about bodily movement as it pertains to performance. Softcover, 526
pp. $23.99.
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