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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785892103321

Autore

Kemp Rick <1958-, >

Titolo

Embodied acting : what neuroscience tells us about performance / / Rick Kemp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-45403-9

1-283-60563-5

9786613918086

1-136-45404-7

0-203-12611-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

792.02/8

Soggetti

Acting - Psychological aspects

Actors - Psychology

Cognitive neuroscience

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Embodied Acting What neuroscience tells us about performance; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Why should theatre people be interested in cognitive studies?; Chapter 2 How does the actor communicate meaning non-verbally?; Chapter 3 What is the relationship between thought, physical action, and language?; Chapter 4 How does the actor create a character?; Chapter 5 How does the actor identify with the character?; Chapter 6 How does the actor embody emotion in fictional circumstances?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'A focus on the body, its actions, and its cognitive mechanisms identifies ... foundational principles of activity that link the three elements of theatre; Story, Space, and Time. The three meet in, are defined by, and expressed through the actor's body.' - from the Introduction?Embodied Acting is an essential, pragmatic intervention in the study of how recent discoveries within cognitive science can - and should - be applied to performance. For too long, a conceptual



separation of mind and body has dominated actor training in the West. Cognitive science has shown this binary to be illusory,