Embodied Acting: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Performance

ISBN-13: 9780415507875 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 232 str.

Rick Kemp

Opis

'Embodied Acting' is a 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.

Recenzje

'This is a very interesting book for actors, directors and - as I think - also for psychologists and philosophers. It can be seen as a pioneering work, opening doors to new fields of research: actors can be considered experts of the mind/body- interaction and it might make sense to think about a “psychology of acting” that approaches the body/mind-controversy through the study of actors and acting.' – Gunter Lösel, Theaterforschung

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Rick Kemp (aka Rick Zoltowski) has worked as an actor and director with companies such as the Almeida, Complicite, Commotion, Quantum, and Squonk Opera. He holds an MA from Oxford University, an MFA and a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, and teaches at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA.