Actor and His Body, The (Theatre Makers) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Litz Pisk was widely regarded as the finest and most influential teacher of modern theatre movement. She was a director of movement at the Old Vic, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, English National Opera, and in television and films, including directing the movement for Vanessa Redgrave's film role in Isadora. She was director of Vienna's School of Art and Movement and a teacher at the Old Vic School, Bath Academy of Art, RADA and the Central School of Speech and Drama. The Actor and His Body, her seminal work, was first published in 1975.

Ayse Tashkiran is a movement director, teacher and researcher in the field of actor movement. After graduating from the Drama Department at Bristol University, she trained with Lecoq at L'Ecole International Jacques Lecoq for two years in Paris. After a career as a physical theatre performer, she started to movement direct and teach. She joined Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2003 where she co leads the MA/MFA Movement: directing and teaching. She is the recipient of a Society for Theatre Research award for her research into the history of movement direction. Ayse Tashkiran practices as a movement director for a variety of professional theatre productions and companies including the Young Vic, the RSC and WNO max.