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

• Autore: Kemp Rick <1958-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.02/8
• Soggetto topico: Acting - Psychological aspects; Actors - Psychology; Cognitive neuroscience
• 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Embodied acting
• ISBN: 1-136-45403-9; 1-283-60563-5; 9786613918086; 1-136-45404-7; 0-203-12611-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785892103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II