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Taylor & Francis Black Acting Methods Critical Approaches 2016 Edition by Sharrell Luckett, Tia M. Shaffer
Black Acting Methods seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with. A wealth of contributions from directors, scholars and actor trainers address afrocentric processes and aesthetics, and interviews with key figures in Black American theatre illuminate their methods. This ground-breaking collection is an essential resource for teachers, students, actors and directors seeking to reclaim, reaffirm or even redefine the role and contributions of Black culture in theatre arts. Table of contents : - Order of OfferingsFOREWORD: The Blessing by Molefi Kete AsanteACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION: The Affirmation by Sharrell D. Luckett and Tia M. ShafferMethods of Social ActivismOFFERING 1 The Hendricks Method Sharrell D. Luckett and Tia M. ShafferOFFERING 2 SoulWorkCristal Chanelle TruscottOFFERING 3 Nudging the Memory-Creating Performance with the Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women Rhodessa Jones OFFERING 4 Art Saves Lives: Rebecca Rice and the Performance of Black Feminist Improv for Social Change Lisa Biggs Methods of InterventionOFFERING 5 Seeing Shakespeare through Brown Eyes Justin EmekaOFFERING 6 Ritual Poetic Drama Within the African Continuum:the journey from Shakespeare to ShangeTawnya Pettiford-Wates OFFERING 7 Remembering, Rewriting, and Re-Imagining: Afrocentric Approaches to Directing New Work for the TheatreClinnesha Sibley Methods of Cultural PluralityOFFERING 8 The Hip Hop Theatre Initiative: We the 'Griot'Daniel Banks OFFERING 9 Kadogo Mojo: Global Crossings in the TheatreAku KadogoOFFERING 10 #Unyielding Truth: Employing Culturally Relevant PedagogyKashi Johnson and Daphnie SicreReflections from Distinguished PractitionersOFFERING 11 Rituals, Processes, and/or Methods from Distinguished PractitionersJudyie Al-Bilali, Timothy Bond, Sheldon Epps, Shirley Jo Finney, Nataki Garrett, Anita Gonzalez, Paul Carter Harrison, Robbie McCauley,Seret Scott, Tommie 'Tonea' Stewart, Talvin WilksOFFERING 12 Words of Wisdom from Distinguished PractitionersJudyie Al-Bilali, Timothy Bond, Walter Dallas, Sheldon Epps, Shirley Jo Finney, Kamilah Forbes, Nataki Garrett, Anita Gonzalez, Paul Carter Harrison, Ron Himes, Kym Moore, Seret Scott, Talvin WilksAPPENDIX: Recommendations for Acting/Performance Programs that Seek to Provide Equitable Training END NOTESLIST OF CONTRIBUTORSINDEX