The Actor, Image, and Action by Rhonda Blair

The Actor, Image, and Action by Rhonda Blair

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Rhonda Blair examines the physiological relationship between bodily action and emotional experience, in the first full-length study of actor training using the insights of cognitive neuroscience and their crucial importance to an actor’s engagement with a role.

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The Actor, Image, and Action by Rhonda Blair

Rhonda Blair examines the physiological relationship between bodily action and emotional experience, in the first full-length study of actor training using the insights of cognitive neuroscience and their crucial importance to an actors engagement with a role.

'A valuable and provocative insight in an area of thinking that is still relatively new to the field of theatre.. Rhonda Blair's work has the potential to lead toward new techniques in actor training.'Sharon Carnicke, University of Southern California, USA


'Actors of the 21st Century should read and ponder the implications of this book.' – Sharon Carnicke, University of Southern California

Blair, Rhonda: - Rhonda Blair, Professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, USA, is the author of The Actor, Image, and Action: Acting and Cognitive Neuroscience (2008), and essays in Theatre Topics, TDR, the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, among others, and several edited volumes. She was president of the American Society for Theatre Research, 2009-2012.
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ISBN 13 9780415774178
ISBN 10 0415774179
Title The Actor, Image, and Action
Author Rhonda Blair
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2007-11-26
Number of pages 158
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.