Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Santos DeCure, Cynthia
2. Espinosa, Micha

Description

1. xxiii, 283 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Latinx Actor Training presents essays and pioneering research from leading Latinx practitioners and scholars in the United States to examine the history and future of Latino/a/x actor training practices and approaches. Born out of the urgent need to address the inequities in academia and the industry as Latinx representation on stage and screen remains disproportionately low despite population growth, this book seeks to reimagine and restructure the practice of actor training by inviting deep investigation into heritage and identity practices. Latinx Actor Training features contributions covering current and historical acting methodologies, principles, and training, explorations of linguistic identity, casting considerations, and culturally inclusive practices that aim to empower a new generation of Latinx actors and to assist the educators who are entrusted with their training. This book is dedicated to creating career success and championing positive narratives to combat pervasive and damaging stereotypes. Latinx Actor Training offers culturally inclusive pedagogies that will be invaluable for students, practitioners, and scholars interested in the intersections of Latinx herencia (heritage), identity, and actor training"--

Subject

1. Acting
2. Hispanic American actors
3. United States

Contents

1. Part 1: History and Theory. Ancestral Echoes: Excavating Latinx Histories in Actor Training / Chantal Rodriguez ; Diane Rodríguez's Acting Activism / Marci R. McMahon ; "Let Me Define Myself": An Interview with Puerto Rican teatrera Rosa Luisa Márquez / Priscilla Meléndez and Aníbal González ; Actor Training with Global Perspectives: A Historical Narrative of the only Spanish-Language Theatre Conservatory in the United States / Joann Maria Yarrow ; Dr. Alma Martinez: a narrative towards becoming a Chicanx Actor / Alma Martinez ; Performance for Innocents: Live Art Pedagogy for Rebel Artists with Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Luz Oropeza / Paloma Martínez-Cruz ; Confessions of a Racial Nomad: Indigenous-Mestizx Ethnicity in the World of Eurocentric Performance Practices / Saúl García-López, aka La Saula -- Part 2: Acting. The Complexity and Poetry of Latinx Identity and Actor Training, a Narrative / Micha Espinosa ; From Method to Mythic: Why Latinx? Why Mythic? How Mythic? Why Now? / Marissa Chibás ; The Latinx Actor's Linguistic Identity: Preserving our Culture in Speech Training / Cynthia Santos DeCure ; Accent and Dialect Training for the Latinx Actor / Cynthia Santos DeCure ; Freeing the Bilingual Voice: Thoughts on Adapting the Linklater Method into Spanish / Antonio Ocampo-Guzman ; Towards a Latinx-Driven Physical Theatre Pedagogy: Acrobatic Theatre for Social Change / CarlosAlexis Cruz ; Experiences in Working with Shakespeare in Adaptation, Shakespeare in Spanish and Bilingual Heightened Text / Cynthia Santos DeCure and Micha Espinosa ; Navigating the Musical Theatre Industry for Latinx Actors / Julio Agustin ; School of Autodidacts / Mónica Sánchez ; The Five Elements / Caridad Svich ; Afro-Latinas in Conversation: An interview with Debra Anne Byrd, Founder of Harlem Shakespeare and Creator of Becoming Othello / Christin Eve Cato ; On Latinx Casting: Interview with Peter Murrieta, Emmy Award-Winning Writer and Producer / Micha Espinosa ; Championing Unheard Voices: Developing the Civic Voice Through Story / Michelle Lopez-Rios ; Theatre Where You Are / Emilio Rodriguez ; Strategies for Directing Latinx Plays / Jerry Ruiz ; Teaching Acting Using the Four Agreements as a Framework for Self-Acceptance and Cultural Connection / Christina Marín ; Performance of Identity---A Practice / Marie Ramirez-Downing ; Fitzmaurice Voicework® as a Contemplative Practice and a Decolonizing Agent in Actor Training / Lorenzo González Fontes.

Call number

1. MWEQ 24-136

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Latinx actor training / edited by Cynthia Santos DeCure and Micha Espinosa.

Publisher

1. New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Copyright date

1. ©2023

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Santos DeCure, Cynthia, editor.
2. Espinosa, Micha, editor.

Other form:

1. Online version: Latinx actor training New York : Routledge, 2023 9781003021520 (DLC) 2022044719

LCCN

1. 2022044718

Other standard identifier

1. 18138341

ISBN

1. 9780367898595 hardcover
2. 0367898594 hardcover
3. 9780367898601 paperback
4. 0367898608 paperback

Research call number

1. MWEQ 24-136