Visual-gestural communication : a workbook in nonverbal expression and reception / Willy Conley.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242)

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; Inherent Benefits; An Abridged, Concise (Perhaps Quirky) History of Gestures; Gesture-Sign Language Connections; Gesture and Pantomime in Theatre; Nonverbal Applications; Some Iconic Gestures in Culture, Film, and TV; Self-Awareness; CHAPTER 2 WARM-UPS, ICEBREAKERS, AND EXERCISES; Physical Warm-Ups and Icebreakers; Point and Go; Anthropomorphic Ball; Energy Ball; Rhythm Game; Who's the Leader?; Real and Imaginary Jump Roping; Real and Imaginary Tug-of-War; Invisible Puppetry; Elephant Gestures Fear the SwordGroup Arm Wave; Group Clap; Newspaper Tag; Group Sculpture; Factory Assembly Line; Emotional Symphony; Observing, Copying, and Exaggerating Walks; Facial Expression Exercises; What's My Face Saying?; Go Face!"" Card Game; Mask Makers; Yes/No Game; Visual Exercises; Mirror Game; Visual Instincts; What Changed?; What's Wrong with This Picture?; Who's the Killer?; Visual-Gestural Exercises; Gesturing Tips; Gestural Name Game; Celebrity Party: Who Am I?; Enacting Wordless Comic Strips; Sports Fans; Polaroids; I Am a Camera; What Are We Doing?; Manual Gibberish Transformation ExercisesWhere Are We?; Down to the Last Detail; Your Game; Get That Person Off the Chair!; What's in the Room?; Guesstures; Gestural Competition; Clay/Model/Artist; Telephone Game; Let's Go Shopping; The Elevator; United Nations of Gestures; Gift Giving in Gestures; CHAPTER 3 VISUAL-GESTURAL COMMUNICATION ASSIGNMENTS; Your Gestural Introduction; Personal Coat of Arms; Universal Gestures; International Sign; Random Universal Phrases or Questions; Weekend Highlight in Universal Gestures; Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Experience; Body Language Some Basic Hand Orientations for 2D GesturesDeveloping a Pantomime With 2D Gestures; Abstract 2D Gestures; Practice With Basic 3D Hand Shapes: Objects; Creating 3D Objects; Continued Practice with 3D Hand Shapes: Buildings and Structures; Arrangement of Related Objects; Repeating Patterns; Angles and Perspectives; Environmental Gestures; Cooking Up a Storm; Character Description; Character Icons; Animal Character Description; Vehicle Gestures; Visual Vernacular: An Aspect Using Body Movement Designators; CHAPTER 4 PROJECTS; Playwriting, and Performing With Gestures and Movement Creating a Scene and Script DevelopmentPerformance; Gestures in the Work World; Creating an Original, Visual, Nonverbal, Comical Script à la Mr. Bean; Assessing Your Facial Expressions; Facial Storytelling; Performance Reaction Paper; Visual-Gestural Translation of a Haiku; Re-enacting Little Miss Muffet in Gestures and Movement; Two Crows Project; Two Crows; Visual Theatre Project; Remains of [Bosnians]; Research Project; Final Project; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Visual-Gestural Communication is a truly unique volume in non-language communication devoted to the study of universal gestures, facial expressions, body language, and pantomime. Readers develop the skill and confidence to interact -- sans shared language -- with individuals, such as someone who is deaf or hard of hearing, or who speaks a foreign language. The text and accompanying online resources feature a wealth of icebreakers, sequenced yet modular activities and assignments, as well as resources, student exercises, and teacher-guided tasks that explore aspects and amalgamations of nonverbal communication, theatre, and sign language. It is a tremendous resource for students of visual-gestural communication, sign language interpretation, American Sign Language (and other foreign sign languages), nonverbal communication, theatre, and performance studies, as well as community educators in deaf awareness and advocacy. In addition to the text's vital use in the theatrical arena, it is also applicable to teachers who wish to help their students maximize the use of their facial expressions, gestures, and body language as a prerequisite to learning ASL.