The Pulse Approach by Tanya Gerstle, Mary Luckhurst - 9781350524545

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Pulse ApproachPhysical Improvisation for Theatre-makers and Directors\nAuthor(s): Tanya Gerstle, Mary Luckhurst\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Methuen Drama\nISBN-13: 9781350524545, 978-1350524545\nSynopsis\nHow can we effectively apply improvisation to train an ensemble of actors? \n\nWhere is the method to create physically dynamic staging for text-based contemporary and classical plays?\n\nAnd how can a trainer and a director utilise improvisation to devise new work? \n\nThe Pulse Approach answers these questions and more, captured here for the first time in a workbook to the practice. \n\nPulse is an improvisational performance strategy that can be used by actors and directors to develop original text-based performance material and rehearse dramatic scripts. Director Tanya Gerstle has been developing the approach since 1989 and has used it to stage more than 25 theatre productions. \n\nThrough step-by-step instructions for t.