Word Made Flesh: The Actor of the Future (Volume 4)

Building on the metahistorical exploration of drama that was the subject of Tongues of Flame, Dawn Langman explores the practical pathways through which the art of acting can evolve beyond the “Body and soul” paradigm still broadly accepted in contemporary culture. Through the integration of Rudolf Steiner’s research in the arts of speech and eurythmy, and together with Michael Chekhov’s acting techniques, Langman raises the spiritualdimension of the human being from that vague sensing which many actors intuit―but which has, however, little bearing on their practice―into a precise methodology.In this second volume in her series on “The Actor of the Future,” Langman offers performance artists a clear pathway ahead, enabling them to develop their work out of spiritual insight and consciousness. Read more