Exploring Laban Space Let’s look at the idea of space in aspects of human behaviour, using the Laban vocabulary of physical action. The four elements Space Time Force Flow When we focus on any one of the 4 elements we are always aware that each element is inextricably connected to the other three. Just […]
The Five-Act Structure in Shakespeare
A game between the forces of Good and Evil: Light and Darkness. In Shakespeare’s comedies: The side we hope will win, the Light, versus the side of Darkness… Sympathy, empathy vs. Antipathy, Hatred Truth vs. Lies, Seeming Harmony vs. Discord In Shakespeare’s tragedies and regeneration plays: Love vs. Hate Life vs. Death Heaven vs. Hell […]
Adjectives in Their Order
Did you know that there is a correct/ habitual order of adjectives in English? I have just found out this rule which we all conform to without knowing. We order our adjectives based on what they describe. The Order of Adjectives The proper order by type of adjective is, from top to bottom, Opinion Size […]
Shakespeare: Examples of Work on Various Scenes
HENRY IV pt 1 V iii. Original text SUFFOLK: Fond man, remember that thou hast a wife; how then can Margaret be thy paramour? MARGARET: ‘twere best to leave him for he will not hear. SUFFOLK: There all is marr’d; there lies a cooling card. MARGAERT: he talks at random; sure the man is mad. […]
Laban’s Vocabulary of Rhythm: An Overview for Actors
In this video, we’ll discuss an overview of Laban’s Vocabulary of Rhythm. Stanislavsky says that an actor cannot function without an understanding of rhythm. In his final and most effective approach to the craft of acting, the Method of Physical Action, he searched for a practical system of rhythmic action that joined, as one direct experience, […]