In this text, a host of international experts contribute 61 pieces on a variety of issues in professional voice and speech use and training, with a particular focus on vocal use in staged violence. Using a variety of formats (editorial columns, interviews, articles, essays, poems, book reviews, video reviews, play reviews, and abstracts) the authors explore vocal production and voice related movement studies; ethics, standards and practices; pedagogy and coaching; pronunciation, phonetics, and dialect/accent studies; heightened text, verse and scansion; voice and speech science, and vocal health; private studio practice; singing; and reviews and sources. Dal Vera is the editor- in-chief of the Voice and Speech Review, an official publication of the non-profit Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), Inc., based in the U.S. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This collection from The Voice and Speech Trainers Association focuses on the voice in stage violence, addressing such questions as: * How does one scream safely? * What are the best ways to orchestrate voices in complex battle scenes? * How to voice coaches work collaboratively with fight directors and the rest of the creative team? * What techniques are used to re-voice violent stunt scenes on film? * How accurate are actor presentations of extreme emotion? * What is missing from many portrayals of domestic violence? Written by leading theatre voice and speech coaches, the volume contains 63 articles, essays, interviews and reviews covering a wide variety of professional concerns.
