Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/4aDyjZ Stage Presence By: Jane Goodall Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415395946, 0415395941 eText ISBN: 9781134156481, 1134156480 Edition: 1st Pages: 232 Copyright year: 2006 Format: EPUB Available from $ 17.58 USD SKU 9781134156481R90 Focusing on examples of live performance in drama, dance, opera and light entertainment, Jane Goodall explores a characteristic as compelling and enigmatic as the performers who demonstrate it. The mysterious quality of ‘presence’ in a performer has strong resonances with the uncanny. It is associated with primal, animal qualities in human individuals, but also has connotations of divinity and the supernatural, relating to figures of evil as well as heroism. Stage Presence traces these themes through theatrical history. This fascinating study also explores the blend of science and spirituality that accompanies the appreciation of human power. Performers display a magnetism of their audiences; they electrify them, exhibit mesmeric command, and develop chemistry in their communication. Case studies include: Josephine Baker, Sarah Bernhardt, Thomas Betterton, David Bowie, Maria Callas, Bob Dylan, David Garrick, Barry Humphries, Henry Irving, Vaslav Nijinsky and Paul Robeson. Additional ISBNs 9780415395946, 9780415395960, 0415395941, 0415395968, 9780203928585, 020392858X
