00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1685954869149627856 Buklod 20240304091055.0 aa |rbi ||1 || ta 240224s2020 enka a|rbi 001 ||eng 2019043889 9781350046474 (paperback) 21346842 MC-27458 Forefront Php 1,997.00 DLC eng DMC rda eng PN2071.M6 M386 2020 McCaw, Dick author. Rethinking the actor's body dialogues with neuroscience Dick McCaw. London, UK New York, NY Methuen Drama ©2020. xviii, 274 pages illustrations 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (261-267) and index (268-274) Different ways of understanding a body (methodology) -- Training : from the everyday body to the actor's body -- Front brain/back brain : the embodied brain in theatre and neuroscience -- 'Body/think' : being, sensing, knowing -- A present body -- Figuring the body -- Imaging the body -- The emotional body -- Bringing it all back home. 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"-- Provided by publisher. Cognitive neuroscience. Neurophysiology. Neurosciences and the arts. Acting Psychological aspects. Actors Psychology. Movement (Acting) Psychological aspects. FO UPD DMC PN2071.M6 M386 2020 Book