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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300039403321

Autore

Garner Jr., Stanton B

Titolo

Kinesthetic Spectatorship in the Theatre : Phenomenology, Cognition, Movement / / by Stanton B. Garner, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-91794-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 pages)

Collana

Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance

Disciplina

792.028

Soggetti

Performing arts

Theater

Actors

Performing Arts

Performers and Practitioners

Contemporary Theatre

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Movement and Animation.-Movement, Difference, Ability -- Movement, Attention, and Intentionality.-Kinesthetic Resonance.-Language, Speech, Movement -- Empathy and Otherness.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about the centrality of movement, movement perception, and kinesthetic experience to theatrical spectatorship. Drawing upon phenomenological accounts of movement experience and the insights of cognitive science, neuroscience, acting theory, dance theory, philosophy of mind, and linguistics, it considers how we inhabit the movements of others and how these movements inhabit us. Individual chapters explore the dynamics of movement and animation, action and intentionality, kinesthetic resonance (or mirroring), language, speech, and empathy. In one of its most important contributions to the study of theatre, performance, and spectatorship, this book foregrounds otherness, divergence, and disability in its account of movement perception. The discussions of this and other issues are accompanied by detailed analysis of theatre, puppetry, and dance performances.