Why Do Actors Train?: Embodiment for Theatre Makers and Thinkers

by Brad Krumholz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350237000
• ISBN13: 9781350237001
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"