The Frantic Assembly

the long version

This book is written by the artistic directors of The Frantic Assembly and reflects on the history and practice of this remarkable company. It includes the following chapters: Pt. 1. Documentation -- 1. Frantic essays -- 2. Scenes and their creation -- 3. Playing with scenes -- Pt. 2. Practical Exercises -- 4. Getting started -- Suggestions for Constructive Warm-ups -- Games - A Selection of Crowdpleasers -- 5. Choreography -- Movement For Non-Dancers/Choreography That Doesn't Feel Like Dance -- New Physical Vocabulary/Restrictions And Freedom -- Advanced Exercises - Pushing the Potential -- 6. Devising with words - devising through images -- 7. Textual analysis -- Getting Scenes on Their Feet -- Physical Characters And Relationships -- 8. Some things to think about.