Mask

Making, Using and PerformingMike Chase

Drawing on the Four Temperaments, Mike Chase explores the transformative and regenerative power of masks in education, the arts and therapy. Highly illustrated throughout with colour photographs and line drawings, this exciting new book explores the history of the mask, different mask-making techniques and uses, and includes extensive workshop exercises for movement, voice work, games, improvisations and general acting skills. It also looks at the use of masks in therapeutic work. Illustrations by Allmut Ffrench, photography by Louise Stoner and Jane Chase.

Foreword; Introduction; The Background; General Mask Making; Making Masks of the Temperaments; General Mask Using; Using Making Masks of the Four Temperaments and the Neutral; Maps, Improvisations, Games and Exercises; Applications of Temperament Masks in Different Contexts; Stories from Practice; Bibliography