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UNINA9910785892103321 |
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Autore |
Kemp Rick <1958-, > |
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Titolo |
Embodied acting : what neuroscience tells us about performance / / Rick Kemp |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-45403-9 |
1-283-60563-5 |
9786613918086 |
1-136-45404-7 |
0-203-12611-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Acting - Psychological aspects |
Actors - Psychology |
Cognitive neuroscience |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'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 |
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