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15th October, 2013

The Actor's Body: Identity and Image

Event Details

Date:
15th October, 2013
Time:
6.30pm
Venue:
Staff Room, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Eton Avenue, London NW3 3HY
Price:
Free but booking required

This seminar engages with the topics of body image and body anxiety in actor training. The presentations invite a deeper consideration of ‘surface’ practices undertaken by students as they negotiate their body and image, and examine teaching strategies on this topic from the perspective of Movement and Wardrobe staff.

Presentations:

  • Roanna Mitchell (University of Kent, Artistic Director for AnyBody UK/Endangered Bodies): The Myth of Surface: body anxiety in actor training
  • Debbie Green & Vanessa Ewan (RCSSD, Senior Lecturers – Movement): Body Image in actor training
  • Karin Schuck (RCSSD, Wardrobe Manager): Transformation through costume

For further information, please contact research@cssd.ac.uk or visit the CSSD website.

 

 

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