What is the relationship between 'body' and 'mind', 'inner' and 'outer' in any approach to acting? How have different modes of actor training shaped actors' experiences of acting and how they understand their work? Phillip B. Zarrilli, Jerri Daboo and Rebecca Loukes offer insight into such questions, analysing acting as a psychophysical phenomenon and process across cultures and disciplines, and providing in-depth accounts of culturally and historically specific approaches to acting. Individual chapters explore:
psychophysical acting and the legacy of Stanislavsky
European psychophysical practices of dance and theatre
traditional and contemporary psychophysical approaches to performance in India and Japan
insights from the new sciences on the 'situated bodymind' of the actor
intercultural perspectives on acting
This lively study is ideal for students and practitioners alike.
Recenzijos
"The book offers a significant and original contribution to knowledge in the field. Working through phenomenology, intercultural performance, cognitive psychology, neuroscience and ecology the work is current and insightful, and the authors respond to these fields confidently and persuasively." - Anna Fenemore, University of Leeds, UK "...excitingly imagined. It may transform, and beneficially so, the occidental theatre." Simon Williams, Theatre Research International
Daugiau informacijos
"The book offers a significant and original contribution to knowledge in the field. Working through phenomenology, intercultural performance, cognitive psychology, neuroscience and ecology the work is current and insightful, and the authors respond to these fields confidently and persuasively." - Anna Fenemore, University of Leeds, UK "...excitingly imagined. It may transform, and beneficially so, the occidental theatre." Simon Williams, Theatre Research International
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Notes on Authors |
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1 Introduction: Acting as Psychophysical Phenomenon and Process |
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2 Psychophysical Acting in India |
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3 Psychophysical Acting in Japan |
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4 Stanislavsky and the Psychophysical in Western Acting |
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5 Making Movement: The Psychophysical in `Embodied' Practices |
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6 Beyond the Psychophysical? The `Situated', `Enactive' Bodymind in Performance |
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| Afterword: Dialogue and Paradox |
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| Appendix I A Historical/Contextual Introduction to Intercultural Theatre |
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| References |
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Phillip B. Zarrilli is Professor of Performance Practice at the University of Exeter, UK, and the founding Artistic Director of The Llanarth Group, Wales, UK.
Jerri Daboo is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter, UK, and has worked as a performer and director for many years.
Rebecca Loukes is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter, UK, and Co-Artistic Director of RedCape Theatre, UK.
