Foundations for Performance Training - Skills for the Actor-Dancer

Foundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer explores the physical, emotional, theoretical, and practical components of performance training in order to equip readers with the tools needed to successfully advance in their development as artists and entertainers.

Each chapter provides a fresh perspective on subjects that students of acting and dance courses encounter throughout their training as performing artists. Topics include:

• Equity, diversity, and inclusion in performance
• Mind/body conditioning for training, rehearsal, and performance
• Developing stage presence and spatial awareness
• Cultivating motivation and intention in performance
• Expanding repertoire and broadening skillset for performance
• Auditioning for film and stage
• Developing theatrical productions

This book also offers experiential ex