{"product_id":"labans-efforts-in-action-9781472528162","title":"Labans Efforts in Action","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an actor, awareness of your movement is the key to transformation. By making deliberate physical choices, you can fully and articulately embody different ways of being: you can become someone or something else. \u003ci\u003eLaban''s Efforts\u003c\/i\u003e give you a way of identifying and making these choices. Working with them helps the actor to create wholly present and physically ambitious performances. This book outlines Ewan''s practical process, which allows the actor to understand their own movement and that of others by exploring one key part of Laban''s work: the ''Efforts of Action Drive''. This complete, stage-by-stage, working process has been developed through more than thirty years of work with actors in the studio. Clear instructions for practical exercises are woven throughout the book, as well as exciting ways to apply the work in rehearsal, performance and on set. This allows the actor to learn and apply Laban''s Efforts for themselves. Full video and audio resources allow the reader t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a fresh and invigorating new addition to the Laban for Actors family of publications. It’s just like being in the studio with Vanessa - with practical how-to exercises and guided explorations in Effort, this book will be invaluable for all actors and teachers of movement for actors * Juliet Chambers, Guildford School of Acting\/University of Surrey, UK *\u003cbr\u003eVanessa Ewan's work with Laban and the Efforts, as you will find in this inspired book, provides performers with an incredibly fertile foundation from which to create. She has found an astoundingly practical way of applying Laban's work to the quest of being a fully embodied actor. You will find tools in this book that will open door after door to your own creativity and awaken you to the endless possibility of what you can create on stage and on screen. * Andrew Garfield, actor *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/b\u003e   Laban and His Work Laban’s Work on Effort Approaching the Efforts About this Book How to Use this Book     \u003cb\u003ePart A: THE BIGGER PICTURE\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER ONE: MOVEMENT AND THE ACTOR\u003c\/b\u003e   What is Movement? What is Effort? What is Action? Laban’s Efforts and the Actor   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER TWO: UNLOCKING MOVEMENT POTENTIAL\u003c\/b\u003e   The Body in Space Basic Locomotion The Body as Orchestra     \u003cb\u003ePart B: BUILDING BLOCKS\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER THREE: WEIGHT, TIME, SPACE\u003c\/b\u003e   The Motion Factors Examining Weight, Time, and Space   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FOUR: EMBODYING THE MOTION FACTORS\u003c\/b\u003e   Weight Time Space Discovering the Eight Basic Efforts   \u003cb\u003ePart C: DISCOVERING THE EFFORTS\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FIVE: ABOUT THE PROCESS\u003c\/b\u003e   Process Overview  Basic Philosophies    \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER SIX (a): THE PROCESS WITH FLOATING\u003c\/b\u003e  Preparation Meeting the Effort Mapping the Effort The Effort as Code A Journey (Guided Improvisation) Efforts in the World   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER SIX (b): THE OTHER SEVEN EFFORTS\u003c\/b\u003e   Dabbing Wringing Thrusting Pressing Flicking Slashing Gliding     \u003cb\u003ePart D: THE EFFORTS AT PLAY\u003c\/b\u003e     \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN: THE EIGHT EFFORT ARCHETYPES\u003c\/b\u003e   What is an Effort Archetype? Embodying the Eight Effort Archetypes Applying the Eight Effort Archetypes Observing the Eight Effort Archetypes   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT: THE EFFORT WEAVE\u003c\/b\u003e   What is an Effort Weave? Effort Weave Preparation Basic Effort Weave Internalised Effort Weaves Effort Weaves with An Agenda   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER NINE: EFFORT DUOS\u003c\/b\u003e   What is an Effort Duo? Discovering Effort Duos Embodying Effort Duos Effort Equation Creating Effort Equations     \u003cb\u003ePart E: APPLYING THE EFFORTS \u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER TEN: ADVANCED EXPLORATIONS \u003c\/b\u003e   Uniting Efforts and Text  ‘Giving Birth’: Embodied Storytelling  Creating a Precise Physical Score  ‘Cloning’: Discovering Characters ‘Gallery-Glide’: Unlocking Text  Manifesting Thoughts and Feelings: Subtext in Action ‘Bottling’: Mapping Bottled Emotions   \u003cb\u003eCHAPTER ELEVEN: EFFORTS IN REHEARSAL\u003c\/b\u003e   Preparation  Creating Character The World of the Play  Advanced Observation Final Reflections     \u003cb\u003eAPPENDICES\u003c\/b\u003e     \u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX A: NOTES ON PROCESS\u003c\/b\u003e   The Role of Flow Self-Reflection Control Working with Gestures Working with Vocalisation Using Music The Game of Life Relating to Constraints   \u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX B: A NOTE ON WORD CHOICES\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX C: FOCUSING THE WORK FOR THE ACTOR\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX D: MUSIC SUGGESTIONS\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eGLOSSARY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLIST OF VIDEO RESOURCES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eINDEX\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019904352599,"sku":"9781472528162","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472528162.jpg?v=1750781674","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/labans-efforts-in-action-9781472528162","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}