{"product_id":"rethinking-the-actors-body-9781350046474","title":"Rethinking the Actors Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDick McCaw\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He has edited two books, \u003ci\u003eWith an Eye for Movement \u003c\/i\u003e(2006) and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaban Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and is the author of \u003ci\u003eBakhtin and Theatre \u003c\/i\u003e(2015) and \u003ci\u003eTraining the Actor's Body\u003c\/i\u003e (Methuen Drama, 2017).\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking the Actor’s Body\u003c\/i\u003e 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 actor’s, but also the ‘ordinary’, everyday body. * Skenè: Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies *\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction   \u003ci\u003e Part I – The Actor’s Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 1 – The Presence of the Actor’s Body   Chapter 2 – The Energetic Body   Chapter 3 – The Vital Body and the Bodily Instrument   Chapter 4 – Body Topologies   Chapter 5 – The Sense of a Body Chapter 6 – The Body Which Learns   Chapter 7 – The Emotional Body    Chapter 8 – The Biomechanical Body   Chapter 9 – The Anatomical Body \u003ci\u003ePart II – The Actor’s Brain\u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 10 - Front Brain\/Back Brain  Chapter  Chapter 11 - Learning and Memory   Chapter 12 - Imagining the Body   Chapter 13 – The Relation between Sensory and Motor Nerves   Chapter 14 – Stage Fright and Keeping Your Head   Conclusion","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407501893975,"sku":"9781350046474","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350046474.jpg?v=1730499592","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rethinking-the-actors-body-9781350046474","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}