Movement & Physical Theatre: Actor Training

Theoretical overviews
Hodge, Alison (2010) Actor Training 2nd edition, London: Routledge
Keefe, John and Murray, Simon, eds. (2007) Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader, London: Routledge
Evans, Mark (2009) Movement Training and the Modern Actor, London: Routledge (Routledge
Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)
Barba, Eugenio and Savarese, Nicola (2005) A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology 2nd edition, London:
Routledge

Practical guides
Callery, Dymphna (2001) Through the Body, London: Nick Hern Books
Tufnell, Miranda and Crickmay, Chris (2008) Body Space Image 2nd edition, Alban, Hampshire: Dance
Books
Marshall, Lorna (2008) The Body Speaks: Performance and Physical Expression 2nd edition, London:
Methuen Drama
Pisk, Litz (2003) The Actor and His Body 2nd edition, London: Methuen Drama
Zarrilli, Phillip B. (2008) The Psychophysical Actor at Work 2nd edition, London: Routledge
Caldarone, Marina and Lloyd-Williams, Maggie (2004) Actions: The Actor's Thesaurus, London: Nick
Hern Books

Practitioner reflections
Brook, Peter (2008) The Empty Space Revised edition, London: Penguin Classics
Artaud, Antonin (2010) The Theatre and Its Double Revised edition, London: Oneworld Classics
Chaikin, Joesph (1992) The Presence of the Actor, New York: Theatre Communications Group Inc., U.S.
Schechner, Richard (2003) Performance Theory 2nd edition, London: Routledge
Oida, Yoshi (2007) An Actor's Tricks, London: Methuen Drama
Leach, Robert (2006) Theatre Workshop: Joan Littlewood and the Making of Modern British Theatre, Exeter:
University of Exeter Press
Donnellan, Declan (2005) The Actor and the Target 2nd edition, London: Nick Hern Books
Mamet, David (1998) True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor 2nd edition, London: Faber
and Faber

Somatic methodologies

Anatomy
Blakey, Paul (2008) The Muscle Book 3rd edition, Stafford: Bibliotek Books
Alexander Technique
McEvenue, Kate (2001) The Alexander Technique for Actors, London: Methuen Drama
Feldenkrais
Feldenkrais, Moshe (1991) Awareness through Movement: Easy-to-Do Health Exercises to Improve Your
Posture, Vision, Imagination, and Personal Awareness Pbk Edition, London: Thorsons HarperCollins
Pilates
Robinson, Lynne, Fisher, Helge and Massey, Paul (2002) The Body Control Pilates Back Book,
London: Pan Macmillan
Yoga
Swenson, David (2007) Ashtanga Yoga - The Practice Manual 2nd edition, Austin, Texas:
Ashtanga Yoga Productions

Physical genres and practitioners

Commedia
Rudlin, John (1994) Commedia dell'Arte in the 20th Century: A Handbook, London: Routledge
Gordon, Mel (1983) Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte, New York: PAJ Publications
Clowning
Wright, John (2006) Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy, London: Nick
Hern Books
Peacock, Louise (2010) Serious Play: Modern Clown Performance, Bristol: Intellect Books
Wilsher, Toby (2006) The Mask Handbook 2nd edition, London: Routledge
Le Coq, Gaulier and Decroux
Le Coq, Jacques (2009) The Moving Body (le Corps Poetique): Teaching Creative Theatre 2nd edition,
London: Methuen Drama
Le Coq, Jacques (2006) Theatre of Movement and Gesture 2nd edition, London: Routledge
Chamberlain, Franc and Yarrow, Ralph, eds. (2001) Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre, London:
Routledge (Routledge Harwood contemporary theatre studies)
Murray, Simon (2003) Jacques Lecoq, London: Routledge (Routledge Performance Practitioners Series)
Leabhart Thomas (2007) Etienne Decroux, London: Routledge (Routledge Performance Practitioners
Series)
Mnouchkine
Miller, Judith (2007) Ariane Mnouchkine, London: Routledge (Routledge Performance Practitioners
Series)
Williams, David (Editor) (1998) Collaborative Theatre: Le Theatre du Soleil, London: Routledge
Berkof
Berkoff Steven (1997) Free Association: Autobiography 2nd edition, London: Faber and Faber

Grotowski
Grotowski , Jerzy (1975) Towards a Poor Theatre 2nd Edition, London: Methuen Drama
Wangh, Stephen (2000) An Acrobat of the Heart: A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of
Jerzy Grotowski, New York: Vintage Books
Schechner, Richard (Editor) and Wolford, Lisa (Editor) (2001) The Grotowski Sourcebook (Worlds of
Performance), New York: Routledge
Slowiak, James and Cuesta, Jairo (2007) Jerzy Grotowski, London: Routledge (Routledge
Performance Practitioners Series)
Barba
Barba, Eugenio (1994) The Paper Canoe: Guide to Theatre Anthropology, London: Routledge
Meyerhold
Meyerhold, Vsevolod (Braun, Edward, trans. (1978) On Theatre, London: Methuen Drama
Pitches, Jonathan (2003) Vsevolod Meyerhold, London: Routledge (Routledge Performance
Practitioners Series)
Laban
Newlove, Jean and Dalby, John (2003) Laban for All, London: Nick Hern Books
Newlove, Jean (1993) Laban for Actors and Dancers: Putting Laban's Movement Theory into Practice - A
Step-by-step Guide 2nd edition, London: Nick Hern Books
Adrian, Barbara (2008) Actor Training the Laban Way: An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and
Movement, New York: Allworth Press
Bradley, Karen (2008) Rudolf Laban, London: Routledge (Routledge Performance Practitioners Series)
Halprin
Halprin, Anna and Kaplan, Rachel (1995) Moving Toward Life: Five Decades of Transformational Dance,
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press
Poynor, Helen and Worth, Libby (2004) Anna Halprin, London: Routledge (Routledge Performance
Practitioners Series)
Bogart & Viewpoints
Bogart, Anne and Landau, Tina (2006) The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and
Composition, New York: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Bogart, Anne (2007) And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World, New York: Routledge
Lepage
Sasa Dundjerovic, Aleksandar (2007) The Theatricality of Robert Lepage, Montreal: McGill-Queen's
University Press
Lepage, Robert (1999) Connecting Flights, New York: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.; 1st
TCG Ed edition

Websites
DV8 & Lloyd Newson - http://www.dv8.co.uk/about_dv8/lloyd_newson

Complicite - http://www.complicite.org/index.html
Volcano Theatre Company - http://www.volcanotheatre.co.uk/home.html
Forced Entertainment - http://www.forcedentertainment.com/
Frantic Assembly - http://www.franticassembly.co.uk/
Foursight - http://www.foursighttheatre.co.uk/
Gecko - http://geckotheatre.com/index_html
Improbable - http://www.improbable.co.uk/
Dream Think Speak - http://www.dreamthinkspeak.com/
Lone Twin - http://www.lonetwin.com/