'Stimulating and intelligent' Yoshi Oida Seventy percent of everyday conversation is conveyed through body language, twenty percent is the voice and only ten percent is the meaning of the words. In The Body Speaks, expert RADA trainer Lorna Marshall, shows how to recognise and lose unwanted physical inhibitions that our background, education or family have taught us and presents a fundamental re-thinking of our relationship to the body and its role in performance. Good performers - be they trapeze artists, Shakespearean actors, Butoh dancers or film stars - are able to fully reach their audience and engage with them because they have learnt to use their bodies to its best effect. Through a series of practical exercises, Lorna Marshall encourages us to unleash our potential, discover new possibility for the body and express ourselves more clearly. This new edition has been fully revised to include the latest thinking on the subject and more exercises particularly for performers in TV and film.

Practical instruction from a RADA expert Fresh new exercises, particularly for TV/film Tried and tested techniques, the book was written with feedback from students

About the Author
Lorna Marshall has taught physical acting to everyone from ballet dancers, classical actors and oper a singers to performance artists and circus acts. She has worked with companies such as Shared Exper ience, the Royal National Theatre, Theatre de Complicite and the Consort of Musicke. She runs intern ational workshops and currently teaches at RADA.

Reviews
' A useful book for a postgrad student studying performance technique for the first time ' The Stage (March 2009)



Book Information
ISBN 9781408106822
Author Lorna Marshall
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 18mm