Miroslaw Kocur

On the Origins of Theater

Herausgegeben:Kocur, Miroslaw;Übersetzung:Malcolm, David

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an interdisciplinary investigation into the emergence of the actor and theater. Scholarship helps us to realize how we have evolved to who we are today and to understand the transformative power of performance. The author proposes to boost and advance theater studies by reviewing new research in anthropology, archaeology, paleoanthropology, classics, ethnography, physics, cognitive science, neuroscience, theater anthropology and performance studies. Referring to his fieldwork in Bali and Tibet, and to his professional experience in theater, the author explains the role of bipedality, toolmaking and trance in the evolution of the performer, examines the performativity of space and writing, and argues that ancient culture emerged from dance.

Produktdetails

• Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance 4
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 266570
• Seitenzahl: 337
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 27mm x 148mm x 210mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9783631665701
• ISBN-10: 3631665709
• Artikelnr.: 44611241

Autorenporträt

Miroslaw Kocur is Professor at the University of Wroclaw and L. Solski Theater Academy for the Dramatic Arts. His research focuses on studying acting techniques and reconstructing the origins of performing practices.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Performances in Bali - Wayang kulit - Cremation - Trance - Mask - Bipedality - Gesticulation - Mirror neurons - Mimesis - Paleoperformances - Tools - Extended mind - Burying the dead - Chauvet cave - Lascaux - Göbekli Tepe - Çatalhöyük - Theater of Dionysus - Emergence of writing, dance, transformation, actor - Tibet.