(Limelight). Are you doing a play by Tennessee Williams? Or one of David Mamets plays set in Chicago? Need to learn a Southern or Boston or New York or Caribbean Islands accent quickly; or do you have plenty of time? Then Teach Yourself Accents North America: A Handbook for Young Actors and Speakers is for you: an easy-to-use manual full of clear; cogent advice and fascinating information. Contemporary monologues and scenes for two are included; and audio tracks feature extensive practice exercises. Perfect for the young acting student; the book will help anyone beginning a study of accents to get a rapid handle on the subject and use any accent immediately; with an authentic sound. More experienced actors who need an authoritative quick guide for an audition or for role preparation will find it equally useful; as will speakers who want to improve a specific accent or liven up a presentation with an apt anecdote. This second volume of the new Teach Yourself Accents series by Robert Blumenfeld; author of the best-selling Accents: A Manual for Actors ; covers General American; the most widely used accent of Standard American English; as well as Northern and Southern regional accents; AAVE (African-American Vernacular English); Hispanic; Caribbean Islands; and Canadian English and French accents.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Direct BeautyBy ihathThis book is a rare gem. The writing style is direct-an easy read. Yet it conveys beauty in simple acts. Purchasing dance shoes; chatting with friends during a party or choosing the right outfit for an evening out; turn into memorable moments. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and continued thinking about it long after I put it down. I highly recommend it to dancers and non-dancers alike.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful writing; unique and inviting!By Rosie PereraI loved this book and devoured it in a couple of days. Though Im not a tango dancer (I do other kinds of dance); I was drawn into the passionate embrace of it by Vander Schaafs gift with words. She weaves spiritual insights in and out with passages of memoir; and describes a remarkable transformation in her body image and spiritual and relational health through being introduced to this beautiful dance form.I highly recommend Passionate Embrace for anyone who loves dance and bodily movement; anyone who is afraid of their own sensuality; or anyone who feels distant from God yet is open and curious about unique ways of approaching the Divine.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful Book!By Leah KostamoSandra Vander Schaaf writes as I imagines she dances -- with lyrical grace. Passionate Embrace is a moving narrative of the authors love affair with Tango. Woven into Vander Schaafs reflections on dance are her reflections on God and her struggles with depression and womanhood. Anyone interested in an "embodied" expression of faith as explored through the metaphor of dance will enjoy this book tremendously.
