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Pulse Approach: Physical Improvisation for Theatre-Makers and Directors

Contributor(s): Gerstle, Tanya (Author), Luckhurst, Mary (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781350524552

Publisher: Methuen Drama

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Pub Date: March 19, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 9.61" L x 6.69" W ( 1.19 lbs) 216 pages

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Description: The first step-by-step guide to the innovative Pulse Approach, which gives theatre makers tools for improvisation with text-based work.

Brief description: MARY LUCKHURST is Professor of Modern Drama and a founder of the new Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of York, UK.

Review Quotes:

"A vital account of what has been a very influential approach for many of Australia's leading artists. This document is a historical record, as well as a contemporary workbook, for both actors and directors and an invaluable document for teachers." --Andrea Moor, Queensland University of Technology, Aus

"Tanya Gerstle's Pulse Improvisation has been identified as offering a new way forward to improvisation for teachers and students in the UK and beyond. Gerstle's method offers strong structural and choreographic foundations with an emphasis on applied learning." --Mary Luckhurst, University of York, UK

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