Meisner and Mindfulness: Authentic and Truthful Solutions for the Challenges of Modern Acting [Paperback]

1. When Pandemics Become Acting Teachers  2. This One Moment  3. An Audience Within  4. Miru Me, or the Eyes That See  5. The Ounce You've Been Waiting For  6. There's Wisdom in Forgetting Your Head  7. Riding the Non-Wave  8. Arising Before Thought  9. Floating Moments  10. Losing I Within You  11. Circle Without Beginning or End  12. What Burns Deeply Within  13. One Bright Pearl  14. The Two Dimensional Reality  15. Maybe So. Maybe Not. We'll See.

Meisner and Mindfulness: Authentic and Truthful Solutions for the Challenges of Modern Acting is the first book that reveals how Meisner and mindfulness can be united to create strong results for actors and help them navigate the challenges of the digital age.

Royce Sparks is an internationally recognised teacher of the Meisner technique. He has taught it in Canada, Europe, and the United States at institutions such as UCL and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and has presented his research on it and other approaches to acting at international conferences. His practice focus is on the interdisciplinary applications of Meisner to camera work, physical approaches including martial arts, classical texts, devising, and leadership development. He is also the author of The Authentic Leader: Using the Meisner Technique for Embracing the Values of Truthful Leadership (Routledge/Productivity Press 2020).

Meisner and Mindfulness: Authentic and Truthful Solutions for the Challenges of Modern Acting is the first book that reveals how Meisner and mindfulness can be united to create strong results for actors and help them navigate the challenges of the digital age.

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