Why Do Actors Train?
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Why Do Actors Train?

Embodiment for Theatre Makers and Thinkers

Brad Krumholz

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Why Do Actors Train?

Embodiment for Theatre Makers and Thinkers

Brad Krumholz

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About This Book

How are we to understand the actor's work as a fully embodied process? 'Embodied cognition' is a branch of contemporary philosophy which attempts to frame human understanding as fully embodied interaction with the environment. Engaging with ideas of contemporary significance from neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, and philosophy, Why Do Actors Train? challenges the outmoded dualistic notions of body and mind that permeate common conceptions of how actors work. Theories of embodiment are drawn up to shed important light on the ways and reasons actors do what they do. Through detailed, step-by-step analyses of specific actor-training exercises, the author examines the tools that actors use to bring life and meaning to the stage. This book provides theatre practitioners and scholars alike with a new lens to re-examine the craft of acting, offering a framework to understand the art form as one that is fundamentally grounded in embodied experience.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2023
ISBN
9781350236981
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Drama
Index
Literature

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APA 6 Citation

Krumholz, B. (2023). Why Do Actors Train? (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3791417 (Original work published 2023)

Chicago Citation

Krumholz, Brad. (2023) 2023. Why Do Actors Train? 1st ed. Bloomsbury Academic. https://www.perlego.com/book/3791417.

Harvard Citation

Krumholz, B. (2023) Why Do Actors Train? 1st edn. Bloomsbury Academic. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3791417 (Accessed: 16 June 2024).

MLA 7 Citation

Krumholz, Brad. Why Do Actors Train? 1st ed. Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Web. 16 June 2024.