How does an actor embody a character? How do they use their body as an instrument of expression? Rethinking the Actor's Body offers an accessible introduction to the fields of neurophysiology and embodied knowledge through a detailed examination of what an actor does with their body. Built on almost a decade of conversations and public seminars by the author Dick McCaw in partnership with John Rothwell (Professor of Neurophysiology at University College London, UK), Rethinking the Actor's Body explores a set of questions and preoccupations concerning the actor's body and examines overlaps in…mehr
How does an actor embody a character? How do they use their body as an instrument of expression? Rethinking the Actor's Body offers an accessible introduction to the fields of neurophysiology and embodied knowledge through a detailed examination of what an actor does with their body. Built on almost a decade of conversations and public seminars by the author Dick McCaw in partnership with John Rothwell (Professor of Neurophysiology at University College London, UK), Rethinking the Actor's Body explores a set of questions and preoccupations concerning the actor's body and examines overlaps in research and practice in the fields of actor training, embodied knowledge and neurophysiology.
Dick McCaw is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He has edited two books, With an Eye for Movement (2006) and The Laban Sourcebook (2011) and is the author of Bakhtin and Theatre (2015) and Training the Actor's Body (Methuen Drama, 2017). He is a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction Part I The Actor's Bodies Chapter 1 The Presence of the Actor's Body Chapter 2 The Energetic Body Chapter 3 The Vital Body and the Bodily Instrument Chapter 4 Body Topologies Chapter 5 The Sense of a Body Chapter 6 The Body Which Learns Chapter 7 The Emotional Body Chapter 8 The Biomechanical Body Chapter 9 The Anatomical Body Part II The Actor's Brain Chapter 10 Front Brain/Back Brain Chapter Chapter 11 Learning and Memory Chapter 12 Imagining the Body Chapter 13 The Relation between Sensory and Motor Nerves Chapter 14 Stage Fright and Keeping Your Head Conclusion
Preface Introduction Part I The Actor's Bodies Chapter 1 The Presence of the Actor's Body Chapter 2 The Energetic Body Chapter 3 The Vital Body and the Bodily Instrument Chapter 4 Body Topologies Chapter 5 The Sense of a Body Chapter 6 The Body Which Learns Chapter 7 The Emotional Body Chapter 8 The Biomechanical Body Chapter 9 The Anatomical Body Part II The Actor's Brain Chapter 10 Front Brain/Back Brain Chapter Chapter 11 Learning and Memory Chapter 12 Imagining the Body Chapter 13 The Relation between Sensory and Motor Nerves Chapter 14 Stage Fright and Keeping Your Head Conclusion
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