Embodied Acting: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Performance

Embodied Acting: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Performance Embodied Acting is a crucial, pragmatic intervention in the study of how neuroscience can be applied to theatre studies. Examining the nature of the acting process from the perspective of cognitive science, author Rick Kemp re-examines familiar questions of how an actor develops a character, and what is actually involved - physically, mentally nbsp;- nbsp;in training, rehearsing and performing. The result is an elegant nbsp;blend of theory, practice and cutting-edge science, making a compelling case for discarding, once and for all, nbsp;notions of a mind-body separation having any relevance to contemporary actor training. ‘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, shattering the traditional boundaries between mind and body, reason and emotion, knowledge and imagination. This revolutionary new volume explores the impact that a more holistic approach to the 'bodymind' can have on the acting process.Drawing on his experience as an actor, director and scholar, Rick Kemp interrogates the key cognitive activities involved in performance, including:non-verbal communicationthe relationship between thought, speech, and gesturethe relationship between self and characterempathy, imagination, and emotion.New perspectives on the work of Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, and Jacques Lecoq – as well as contemporary practitioners including Daniel Day-Lewis and Katie Mitchell – are explored through practical exercises and accessible explan Autor: Rick (Indiana University of Pennsylvania Kemp Wydawnictwo: Taylor & Francis Rok wydania: 2012 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 256 Wymiary: 21.6 x 13.8 cm Ilustracje: 7 Tables, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white Język: angielski ISBN: 9780415507875