Rethinking the Actor's Body: Dialogues with Neuroscience

By Dick Mccaw

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350046477
• ISBN13: 9781350046474
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"