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Dr John Lutterbie is a professor at Stony Brook University, New York, USA, where he teaches performance theory in the Department of Theatre Arts. He is co-founder of the Center for Embodied Cognition, a consortium of scholars in the arts, humanities and neurosciences that does experimental as well as humanist research. He is co-editor (with Nicola Shaughnessy) of Bloomsbury Methuen Drama's Performance and Science series, and author of Toward and General Theory of Acting: Cognitive Science and Performance (2011).

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Practical exercises throughout the book … highlight intersections between the body and its environment and present an array of sensory investigations and means to develop a fuller consciousness of inner and outer spaces. * Drama Research *

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List of Illustrations Introduction: Intersections Chapter 1: Landscapes Chapter 2: Culture and the Petri Dish Chapter 3: The Worlds of Performance Chapter 4: Temporality Chapter 5: The Text Chapter 6: Aesthetics Epilogue Notes References Further Reading Index

An Introduction to Theatre Performance and the

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 5 September 2019
      ISBN-13 9781474257046
      978-1474257046
      ISBN-10 1474257046
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      Performance art Interdisciplinary studies Acting techniques

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Dr John Lutterbie is a professor at Stony Brook University, New York, USA, where he teaches performance theory in the Department of Theatre Arts. He is co-founder of the Center for Embodied Cognition, a consortium of scholars in the arts, humanities and neurosciences that does experimental as well as humanist research. He is co-editor (with Nicola Shaughnessy) of Bloomsbury Methuen Drama's Performance and Science series, and author of Toward and General Theory of Acting: Cognitive Science and Performance (2011).

      Trade Review
      Practical exercises throughout the book … highlight intersections between the body and its environment and present an array of sensory investigations and means to develop a fuller consciousness of inner and outer spaces. * Drama Research *

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Introduction: Intersections Chapter 1: Landscapes Chapter 2: Culture and the Petri Dish Chapter 3: The Worlds of Performance Chapter 4: Temporality Chapter 5: The Text Chapter 6: Aesthetics Epilogue Notes References Further Reading Index

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