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THE ADAM DARIUS METHOD
a technical and practical handbook for all performing
artists
by
Adam Darius
"Fantastic... if you are at all interested in theatre,
mime, movement or expression, you really must read The Adam Darius Method...
it's wonderful!"
Kate Bush, Britain's leading rock singer, London
In this eagerly awaited book, Adam Darius, the originator of the system,
explains how to achieve maximum expressiveness in movement, be the interpreter
an actor, dancer, singer, mime or clown.
The Adam Darius Method is the perfect companion to Acting: a psychological
and technical approach. Whereas Acting concentrates on text-based theatre,
this book's emphasis is on expressing emotion without the support of text.
The Adam Darius Method is an indispensable ally not only to all performers,
but equally to teachers. No drama tutor can afford to be without this book,
for within its pages are revealed the secrets of great performing. Seldom,
if ever, has a major artist of world rank analyzed not only the poetry
of his art, but its attendant practical aspects as well.
The book also includes a chapter in which Adam Darius explores mime and
movement in the silent cinema, ballet, rock and theatre, interviewing,
respectively, such stars as Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Dame Alicia Markova,
Kate Bush and Warren Mitchell.
In the Afterword of this book, the ranking Syrian playwright, Riad Ismat,
has written, "The training system Mr. Darius developed under the title
expressive mime is comparable in its field to what Stanislavski accomplished
in the realm of acting. Though the two men differ in means, they share
the same aim and work for the same result, a strong coordination between
the internal and external, between soul and body, in order to reach the
standard of the total performer."
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In UK: £9.95
In Finland: 22 euros
Hardback, 270 pages, 86 photographs
ISBN 0 9502707 25, published 1984
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