Punk Rock - Acting Skills

Voice and Movement

Session 2

Lower Body breathing in Semi Supine

Spine Rolls on s, z, sh, j, f, v, mm, opening into ah

Imaginary Chewing Gum

Raisin face/pumpkin face

Tongue Twisters (Peter piper)

Session 3

Expanding/contracting gestures

Body tennis (sending and receiving sound and movement across the circle)

Stop clap jump

Mopeds, kisses and ciao bella

Semi-Supine – Freeing and relaxing neck, spine and hips into floor.

feathers and ha’s

Movement

Funky chicken shake out for 8, 4, 2, 1

Finding Neutral

Rotating feet, legs, Hips, Torso head

Leg swings/Arm swings

Spelling your name with your head

Emotional Centres

1. A bowl of warm oil deep within the pelvis

2. An ice cold razor on the end of your nose

3. A warm, red plate expanding from the chest

4. A mixture of each of these centres

Acting Exercises

The 9 Questions

Who am I?

Where am I?

What time is it?

What surrounds me?

What are my given circumstances?

What is my relationship?

What do I want?

What’s in my way?

What do I do to get what I want?

Thought and Intention

Giving and receiving the ball

Giving and receiving the ball with the line

For each scene annotate your text with a thinking script. What is the character thinking and feeling at that moment of the line? What are they saying in their heads?

Improvising the scene without the text