Intercultural Acting and Performer Training

<p><i>Intercultural Acting and Performer Training </i>is the first collection of essays from a diverse international group of authors and practitioners focusing on intercultural acting and voice practices worldwide. This unique book invites performers and teachers of acting and performance to explore describe and interrogate the complexities of intercultural acting and actor/performer training taking place in our twenty-first century globalized world. </p><p>As global contexts become multi- inter- and intra-cultural assumptions about what acting is and what actor/performer training should be continue to be shaped by conventional modes models techniques and structures. This book examines how our understanding of interculturalism changes when we shift our focus from the obvious and highly visible aspects of production to the micro-level of training grounds studios and rehearsal rooms where new forms of hybrid performance are emerging. </p><p>Ideal for students scholars and practitioners <i>Intercultural Acting and Performer Training </i>offers a series of accessible and highly readable essays which reflect on acting and training processes through the lens offered by new forms of intercultural thought and practice.</p>