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Book SynopsisBuilding on the metahistorical exploration of drama that was the subject of Tongues of Flame, Dawn Langman explores the practical pathways through which the art of acting can evolve beyond the ‘body and soul’ paradigm still broadly accepted in contemporary culture. Through the integration of Rudolf Steiner’s research in the arts of speech and eurythmy, and together with Michael Chekhov’s acting techniques, Langman raises the spiritual dimension of the human being from that vague sensing which many actors intuit – but which has, however, little bearing on their practice – into a precise methodology. In this second volume in her series on ‘The Actor of the Future’, she offers performance artists a clear pathway ahead, enabling them to develop their work out of spiritual insight and consciousness. ‘Dawn Langman’s research into character creation invites the future into the present: suggesting the intriguing connection between the evolving universe, human consciousness and the mysteries at work in relationships and destiny.’ – Penelope Snowdon-Lait, Co-director, Spirit of the Word training, New Zealand
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements – Prologue – Introduction – Rudolf Steiner's Speech and Drama Lectures – Chapter 1, Building the bridge between gesture, voice and speech – Chapter 2, Sound Experience (1): Expanding the horizon of the Vowels – Ensouling the vowel – Vowel moods from Shakespeare – Mapping a character's soul journey – Chapter 3, Sound Experience (2): Vowels as key to Laughing and Weeping – Chapter 4, Sound Experience (3) – Character-types and vowels – Blood/nerve-sense polarities – From soul type to individual soul – Approaching the planetary beings – vowels as a bridge to higher worlds – Chapter 5 Our High Work Masters (1): Vowels and the Planetary Beings – Chapter 6, Our High Work Masters (2): Vowels and the Planetary Beings in Shakespeare's King Lear – Chapter 7, Our High Work Masters (3): Consonants and the Starry Beings of the Zodiac – Chapter 8, Our High Work Masters (4): Consonants and the Starry Beings of the Zodiac in Shakespeare's King Lear – Appendix A: Additional texts for blood/nerve-sense characters – Appendix B: Table of phonetic symbols – Appendix C: Additional volumes in this series – Appendix D: DVD series: A Dramatic Journey through the Evolution of Human Consciousness, Dawn Langman – Bibliography – Notes
