Rethinking the Actor's Body: Dialogues with Neuroscience

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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 actors body and examines overlaps in research and practice in the fields of actor training, embodied knowledge and neurophysiology.

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Rethinking the Actors Body confronts us with the perspective to undertake the first steps towards something that in the long run could affect our understanding of not only the actors, but also the ordinary, everyday body. * Sken: Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies *
This is an excellent book. ... with such excellent, succinct confirmations and revelations entirely backed up by his dialogues with science. It is indispensable in this regard. * National Drama *

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Dick McCaw is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He has edited two books, With an Eye for Movement (2006) and The Laban Sourcebook (2011) and is the author of Bakhtin and Theatre (2015) and Training the Actors Body (Methuen Drama, 2017). He is a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner.