{"product_id":"the-pulse-approach-physical-improvisation-for-theatre-makers-and-directors-hardcover","title":"The Pulse Approach: Physical Improvisation for Theatre-Makers and Directors - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTanya Gerstle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMary Luckhurst\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can we effectively apply improvisation to train an ensemble of actors? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere is the method to create physically dynamic staging for text-based contemporary and classical plays?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd how can a trainer and a director utilise improvisation to devise new work? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulse Approach answers these questions and more, captured here for the first time in a workbook to the practice. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePulse is an improvisational performance strategy that can be used by actors and directors to develop original text-based performance material and rehearse dramatic scripts. Director Tanya Gerstle has been developing the approach since 1989 and has used it to stage more than 25 theatre productions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough step-by-step instructions for the student and practitioner; troubleshooting advice; case studies of productions directed using the \u003cb\u003ePulse Approach\u003c\/b\u003e; and interviews with practitioners involved, this book is the first practical guide to this innovative methodology, which has its roots in the Australian actor-training scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePulse Approach\u003c\/b\u003e fuses improvisation and text-based theatre, too often disconnected, to offer up a methodology and rigorous practice for improvisation as a holistic process of development in classical and contemporary plays. It can be used to train any ensemble of actors in any context - inexperienced, professional, young, old and culturally and linguistically diverse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA companion website will include a video documentary of practitioners using Pulse in their work with the author.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTanya Gerstle \u003c\/b\u003eis Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she was Head of Theatre and Acting during 15 years at its Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and integrated Pulse training methodology into the curriculum. She is an award-winning performance maker, theatre director, actor and teaching artist, and is founder and Artistic Director of OpticNerve Performance Group. She has taught the Pulse Approach throughout Australia and internationally, including at Penn State University, USA; University of York, UK; Caen University, France and to theatre companies in New Caledonia. She has contributed a chapter to \u003ci\u003eEncountering Ensemble (\u003c\/i\u003eMethuen Drama, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53249606222131,"sku":"9781350524552","price":169.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kLRjlVTEfh9781350524552.webp?v=1776329518","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-pulse-approach-physical-improvisation-for-theatre-makers-and-directors-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}