1st Edition
The Actor, Image, and Action Acting and Cognitive Neuroscience
By Rhonda Blair
Copyright 2008
158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Actor, Image and Action is a 'new generation' approach to the craft of acting; the first full-length study of actor training using the insights of cognitive neuroscience. In a brilliant reassessment of both the practice and theory of acting, Rhonda Blair examines the physiological relationship between bodily action and emotional experience. In doing so she provides the latest step in... Read more
Preface 1. Acting, History, and Science 2. The Twentieth Century Heritage 3. A Way of Thinking about Acting 4. Applications Afterword Appendix: Translation: Image, Action, and Chekhov’s The Seagull
Biography
Rhonda Blair
'A valuable and provocative insight in an area of thinking that is still relatively new to the field of theatre ... Rhonda Blair's work has the potential to lead toward new techniques in actor training.' – Sharon Carnicke, University of Southern California, USA
