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Subject(s)

• Movement (Acting)—Psychological aspects [Browse]
• Acting—Psychological aspects [Browse]
• Actors—Psychology [Browse]
• Cognitive neuroscience [Browse]
• Neurophysiology [Browse]
• Neurosciences and the arts [Browse]

Summary note

"How does an actor embody a character? How do they use their body as an instrument of expression? Rethinking the Actor's Body offers an accessible introduction to the fields of neurophysiology and embodied knowledge through a detailed examination of what an actor does with their body. Built on almost a decade of conversations and public seminars by the author Dick McCaw in partnership with John Rothwell (Professor of Neurophysiology at University College London, UK), Rethinking the Actor's Body explores a set of questions and preoccupations concerning the actor's body and examines overlaps in research and practice in the fields of actor training, embodied knowledge and neurophysiology"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Different ways of understanding a body (methodology) -- Training : from the everyday body to the actor's body -- Front brain/back brain : the embodied brain in theatre and neuroscience -- 'Body/think' : being, sensing, knowing -- A present body -- Figuring the body -- Imaging the body -- The emotional body -- Bringing it all back home.

ISBN

• 9781350046467 (hardcover)
• 1350046469 (hardcover)
• 9781350046474 (paperback)
• 1350046477 (paperback)

LCCN

2019043889

OCLC

1134461801

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