Investigating a range of influential movement training practices, this
ambitious book considers the significance of professional training to
performers and their bodies. Performance training approaches are
examined within their wider social and cultural contexts, illuminating
their evolution in response to the changing context of theatre practice
and production. Adopting a rigorous critical angle, Mark Evans' approach
is at the cutting-edge of Theatre scholarship, drawing on interviews
with recognised practitioners and considering the implications for
movement and the body in the digital age.
Engaging and enlightening, this is essential reading for undergraduate
and postgraduate students of Theatre, Drama and Performance wishing to
understand and contextualise the theories behind performance training.