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Acting Games for Individual Performers: A Comprehensive Workbook of 110 Acting Exercises

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This is an excellent tool for aspiring actors as well as wonderful resource for drama teachers. This book has a myriad of ideas; other disciplines such as language arts will also find a wealth of activities to spice up lesson plans. Students who may be shy about performing alone will find Levy's games motivating and inspiring. This is an excellent supplement to any theater arts program.

This collection of 110 acting exercises would be appropriate for beginning actors grades 9-12. Some exercises rely on specific events in order to practice them (going to the dentist, having a broken heart). Some exercises are to be practiced daily for an extended period of time (keeping a journal), and some can be accomplished in a just a few minutes. Many of the exercises ask the actor to watch clips from movies.

Each exercise presented has questions for the actor to ask himself, different variations of completing the exercise (allowing the exercise to have more than one life), and states the purpose of the exercise. The book is divided into 21 acting elements (improv, physical, emotional recall, vocal, characterization, imagination, etc.) with 3-6 exercises in each element.

Unlike older acting games books on the market, this one utilizes a multi-media approach and is not geared toward group rehearsal.

This is an excellent resource not only for drama coaches and teachers but for teachers of language arts. The exercises are adaptable for many age groups. Wonderful if you are looking for ways to differentiate instruction in the classroom as well. Great read!

Extraordinarily bad. A list of "hey-- wouldn't this be fun?" exercises with little applicable value. I don't need a book to instruct me how to explore the taste of chocolate cake and react accordingly, thanks. My students need innovative, action-packed games.

I have been through a million of books like this one but none have been more benificial than this one to my development. I recently refered it to my brother and in the short amount of time he's been using it I've noticed his abilities breaking new boundaries. I recommend this book to anyone from the average novice to the serious goal oriented performer.