Description
Book SynopsisDr 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 T
oward and General Theory of Acting: Cognitive Science and Performance (2011).
Trade ReviewPractical 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 ContentsList 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
