Rethinking the Actor's Body
Author | : Dick McCaw |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2020 |
ISBN-10 | : 1350046493 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781350046498 |
Rating | : 4/5 (498 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rethinking the Actor's Body written by Dick McCaw and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"--