Black acting methods : critical approaches / [edited by] Sharrell D. Luckett with Tia M. Shaffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luckett, Sharrell D.

Contributor:

Luckett, Sharrell D., editor, author.

Shaffer, Tia M., editor, author.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Class of 1894 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acting.

African American actors.

African Americans in the performing arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 233 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Black Acting Methods offers alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with. These approaches are rooted in a critical framework that allows Afrocentric sensibilities and experiences to excite and invigorate approaches to performative scholarship. A wealth of contributions from directors, scholars and actor trainers address Afrocentric processes and aesthetics, and interviews with key figures in Black American theatre illuminate their methods. This ground-breaking collection is an essential resource for teachers, students, actors and directors seeking to reclaim, reaffirm or even redefine the role and contributions of Black culture in theatre arts. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword: the blessing / Molefi Kete Asante

Introduction: the affirmation / Sharrell D. Luckett and Tia M. Schaffer

Part 1. Methods of social activism 1. The Hendricks method / Sharrell D. Luckett and Tia M. Shaffer

2. SoulWork / Cristal Chanelle Truscott

3. Nudging the memory: creating performance with the Medea Project: theatre for incarcerated women / Rhodessa Jones

4. Art saves lives: Rebecca Rice and the performance of Black feminist improv for social change / Lisa Biggs

Part 2. Methods of intervention

5. Seeking Shakespeare through brown eyes / Justin Emeka

6. Ritual poetic drama within the African continuum: the journey from Shakespeare to Shange / Tawnya Pettiford-Wates

7. Remembering, rewriting, and re-imagining: Afrocentric approaches to directing new work for the theatre / Clinnesha D. Sibley

Part 3. Methods of cultural plurality

8. The Hip Hop Theatre Initiative: we the Griot / Daniel Banks

9. Kadogo Mojo: global crossings in the theatre / Aku Kadogo

10. #UnyieldingTruth: employing culturally relevant pedagogy / Kashi Johnson and Daphnie Sicre

Part 4. Reflections from distinguished practitioners

11. Rituals, processes, methods / Judyie Al-Bilali, Tim Bond, Sheldon Epps, Shirley Jo Finney, Nataki Garrett, Anita Gonzalez, Paul Carter Harrison, Robbie McCauley, Seret Scott, Tommie "Tonea" Stewart and Talvin Wilks

12. Words of wisdom for actors / Talvin Wilks, Sheldon Epps, Shirley Jo Finney, Walter Dallas, Kamilah Forbes, Kym Moore, Judyie Al-Bilali, Tim Bond, Nataki Garrett, Paul Carter Harrison, Anita Gonzalez, Ron Himes and Seret Scott

Appendix: recommendations for acting/performance programs that seek to provide equitable training.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1894 Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781315694986

1315694980

Publisher Number:

99984898162

99969859171

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.