Laban’s Efforts in Action: A Movement Handbook for Actors with Online Video Resources

Cover page
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
	LABAN AND HIS WORK
	LABAN’S WORK ON EFFORT
	APPROACHING THE EFFORTS
	ABOUT THIS BOOK
	HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
PART A THE BIGGER PICTURE
	CHAPTER 1 MOVEMENT AND THE ACTOR
		WHAT IS MOVEMENT?
		WHAT IS ACTOR MOVEMENT?
		WHAT IS EFFORT?
		WHAT IS ACTION?
		LABAN’S EFFORTS AND THE ACTOR
	CHAPTER 2 UNLOCKING MOVEMENT POTENTIAL
		THE BODY IN SPACE
		BASIC LOCOMOTION
		THE BODY AS ORCHESTRA
PART B BUILDING BLOCKS
	CHAPTER 3 WEIGHT, TIME, SPACE
		THE MOTION FACTORS
		EXAMINING WEIGHT, TIME, AND SPACE
	CHAPTER 4 EMBODYING THE MOTION FACTORS
		WEIGHT
		TIME
		SPACE
		DISCOVERING THE EIGHT BASIC EFFORTS
PART C DISCOVERING THE EFFORTS
	CHAPTER 5 ABOUT THE DISCOVERY PROCESS
		FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY PROCESS
		DISCOVERY PROCESS OVERVIEW
		BASIC PHILOSOPHIES
	CHAPTER 6(a) THE DISCOVERY PROCESS WITH FLOATING
		STARTING POINTS
		(A) PREPARATION
		(B) MEETING THE EFFORT
		(C) MAPPING THE EFFORT
		(D) THE EFFORT AS CODE
		(E) A JOURNEY (GUIDED IMPROVISATION)
		(F) EFFORTS IN THE WORLD
	CHAPTER 6(b) DISCOVERY PROCESS INSERTS: THE OTHER SEVEN EFFORTS
		DABBING
		WRINGING
		THRUSTING
		PRESSING
		FLICKING
		SLASHING
		GLIDING
PART D THE EFFORTS AT PLAY
	CHAPTER 7 THE EIGHT EFFORT ARCHETYPES
		EMBODYING THE EIGHT EFFORT ARCHETYPES
		APPLYING THE EIGHT EFFORT ARCHETYPES
		OBSERVING THE EIGHT EFFORT ARCHETYPES
	CHAPTER 8 THE EFFORT WEAVE
		WHAT IS AN EFFORT WEAVE?
		EFFORT WEAVE PREPARATION
		BASIC PHILOSOPHIES
		BASIC EFFORT WEAVE
		INTERNALIZED EFFORT WEAVES
		EFFORT WEAVES WITH AN AGENDA
	CHAPTER 9 EFFORT DUOS
		WHAT IS AN EFFORT DUO?
		DISCOVERING EFFORT DUOS
		EMBODYING EFFORT DUOS
		EFFORT EQUATION
		CREATING EFFORT EQUATIONS
PART E APPLYING THE EFFORTS
	CHAPTER 10 ADVANCED EXPLORATIONS
		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
	CHAPTER 11 EFFORTS IN REHEARSAL
		PREPARATION
		CREATING CHARACTER
		THE WORLD OF THE PLAY
		ADVANCED OBSERVATION
		FINAL REFLECTIONS
	APPENDICES
		APPENDIX A: NOTES ON PROCESS
		APPENDIX B: A NOTE ON WORD CHOICES
		APPENDIX C: FOCUSING THE THEORY FOR THE ACTOR
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
VIDEO AND AUDIO RESOURCES
INDEX