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Body language for actors portraying different cultures.

Title
Body language for actors [videorecording] : portraying different cultures.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : Insight Media, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Dresser, Norine.
  • August, Alexandra.
  • McHugh, Sean, actor.
  • Asher, Joel.
  • Insight Media (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (31 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Diversity specialist and folklorist Norine Dresser explores how culture affects movement in order to teach actors how to portray characters from different cultures. She outlines differences in behaviors among non-U.S. cultures and introduces multicultural manners. The program covers such topics as greetings, shaking hands, physical contact between the sexes, eye contact, smiling, embracing, and kissing; it emphasizes that acceptable norms vary among cultures; and it examines cultural variations in eating customs, including the use of utensils and belching.
Alternative Title
Portraying different cultures
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Credits (note)
  • Producer and director, Joel Asher ; director of photography and editor, Art Simon ; camera, Stavro Khachikyan ; sound and production assistant, Walter Ruiz ; makeup, Douglas Valdez.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Contents
Shaking hands -- Kissing -- Embracing -- Bowing -- Namaste -- Salaam -- Hand holding -- Hand gestures -- Smiling -- Eye contact -- Eating with knives and forks -- Eating with chopsticks -- Eating with bread -- Using a toothpick -- Eating noises.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3983
OCLC
182541284
Title
Body language for actors [videorecording] : portraying different cultures.
Imprint
[New York, N.Y.] : Insight Media, c2007.
System Details
DVD.
Performer
Diversity specialist, Norine Dresser ; actors, Alexandra August, Sean McHugh.
Credits
Producer and director, Joel Asher ; director of photography and editor, Art Simon ; camera, Stavro Khachikyan ; sound and production assistant, Walter Ruiz ; makeup, Douglas Valdez.
Added Author
Dresser, Norine. Teacher
August, Alexandra. Actor
McHugh, Sean, actor.
Asher, Joel. Producer
Asher, Joel. Director
Insight Media (Firm)
Publisher No.
IM 16 Insight Media
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3983
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