Korean Actor Training

2017 | Film & TV

Korean Actor Training develops a vital, intercultural method of performer training, introducing Korean and more broadly East Asian discourses into contemporary training and acting practice. This volume examines the psychophysical nature of a performer's creative process, applying Dahnhak, a form of Korean meditation, and its central principle of ki-energy, to the processes and dramaturgies of acting. A practitioner as well as a scholar, Jeungsook Yoo draws upon her own experiences of training and performing, addressing productions including the Bald Soprano project (2004), the Water Stations project (2004), and playing 'the maids' (2013-15). A significant contribution to contemporary acting theory, Korean Actor Training provides a fresh outlook on performer training which will be invaluable to scholars and practitioners alike.

Jeungsook Yoo (Author)