{"product_id":"the-pulse-approach-by-tanya-gerstle-9781350524552","title":"The Pulse Approach","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow can we effectively apply improvisation to train an ensemble of actors? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere is the method to create physically dynamic staging for text-based contemporary and classical plays?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd how can a trainer and a director utilise improvisation to devise new work?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pulse Approach\u003c\/em\u003e answers these questions and more, captured here for the first time in a workbook to the practice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePulse is an improvisational performance strategy that can be used by actors and directors to develop original text-based performance material and rehearse dramatic scripts. Director Tanya Gerstle has been developing the approach since 1989 and has used it to stage more than 25 theatre productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough step-by-step instructions for the student and practitioner; troubleshooting advice; case studies of productions directed using the \u003cstrong\u003ePulse Approach\u003c\/strong\u003e; and interviews with practitioners involved, this book is the first practical guide to this innovative methodology, which has its roots in the Australian actor-training scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ePulse Approach\u003c\/strong\u003e fuses improvisation and text-based theatre, too often disconnected, to offer up a methodology and rigorous practice for improvisation as a holistic process of development in classical and contemporary plays. It can be used to train any ensemble of actors in any context - inexperienced, professional, young, old and culturally and linguistically diverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA companion website will include a video documentary of practitioners using Pulse in their work with the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496620212460,"sku":"9781350524552","price":285.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350524552-the-pulse-approach.jpg?v=1775799861","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-pulse-approach-by-tanya-gerstle-9781350524552","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}