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The Lucid Body: A Guide for the Physical Actor

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By (author): Fay Simpson

Illustrated by: Eleanor Rose Boynton

From Fays methodology, I learned to use my intuition and lived experiences in myriad new ways. Winston Duke, actor, Black Panther, Avengers, Us, and Nine Days

Engaging Mind and Body to Develop the Complete Physical Nature of Characters
 
Actors are shape-shifters, requiring the tools to wade into unfamiliar waters and back out again. The Lucid Body offers a holistic, somatic approach to embodying character from the inside-out and, for the non-actor, offers a way to give hidden parts of the self their full expression. By identifying stagnant movement patterns, this process expands ones emotional and physical range and enables the creation of characters from all walks of lifehowever cruel, desolate, or jolly. Rooted in the exploration of the seven chakra energy centers, The Lucid Body reveals how each body holds the possibility of every human condition. Readers will learn how to:
  • Practice a non-judgmental approach to the journey of self-awareness
  • Break up stagnant and restrictive patterns of thought and movement
  • Allow an audible exhale to be the key to unlocking the breath
  • Develop a mindset to hear ones inner body
  • Analyze the human condition through the psycho-physical lens of the chakras
  • Experience the safety of coming back to a neutral body
  • Acquire a sense of clarity and calm in ones everyday life
A step-by-step program guides the actor through the phases of self-awareness that expand emotional and physical range not only on stage, but also in daily life. This new edition includes a more diversified range of playwrights, non-binary language, and new chapters on stage intimacy protocol and physical listening. Exercises that have been honed for the past ten years have been made more concise. New somatic and neuro-scientific data has been added, with additional wisdom and insights from colleagues and Simpson's team of Lucid Body teachers. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 431g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Oct 2020
  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781621537243

About Fay Simpson

Fay Simpson is the founder of the Lucid Body Institute and artistic director of Impact Theatre NYC. Informed by thirty years of performing and devising work (Veterans Project D-train The Marital Bliss of Francis and Maxine and Scotty) Simpson developed the Lucid Body technique. She and her instructors conduct private workshops and a two-year teacher training program at her Manhattan studio The Lucid Body House. She is an associate arts professor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program. A private coach for actors on stage screen and television she teaches abroad extensively wherever her teachers are building communitiesLondon Berlin Toulouse Moscow Madrid Rio de Janeiro Mexico City and beyond. Simpson is a member of the Actors Center and recipient of the Fox Foundation Fellowship and Likhachev Fellowship. She lives in New York City.Eleanor Rose Boynton is an illustrator and tattoo artist born and raised in New York City. Since graduating from Parsons School of Design shes found that the greatest inspiration for her work is exploring how natural things endure to survive in a fully urban environment inspiring her to delve into ever-expanding forms of image making and new materials. Working closely with Fay Simpson to develop the visual stories for The Lucid Body Boyntons illustrations are a melding of new and old techniques reaching back into traditional drafting and drawing styles and collaging with digital imagery to bring each character to life.

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