Actor Training the Laban Way (Second Edition): An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement

The Groundbreaking Actor Training Guide, Enhanced with New Videos and Expert Advice from Acting Professionals

Actors, teachers, and students of performing arts: sharpen your skills and release your potential with Actor Training the Laban Way, a groundbreaking approach to physical and vocal movement. Utilizing theories of preeminent movement theorist Rudolf Laban, acting teacher and performer Barbara Adrian integrates voice, speech, and movement training with illustrated individual and group exercises that include:

Breath Support
Building Dynamic Alignment
Expanding Vocal Tone and Range
Articulation and Rhythmic Exploration
Enhancing Strength and Stamina
Improving Balance and Flexibility
Developing a Relationship to the Environs
Revealing Your Emotional State through Physical and Vocal Action


This second edition also includes an all-new chapter of advice from acting professionals on how they deploy these exercises and techniques in their acting preparation, practice, and performance. New appendices offer readers links to video supplements as well as exercises in IPA.

Actor Training the Laban Way will make any performer more impulsive, imaginative, and expressive.