TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lutterbie,John Harry
TI  - Toward a general theory of acting: cognitive science and performance 
T2  - Cognitive studies in literature and performance
SN  - 9780230113350 (hbk.) :
AV  - PN2061 .L84 2011
U1  - 792.02801 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Acting
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; The language of acting -- Theatre and dynamic systems theory -- The actor's tools -- Technique -- Improvisation -- The actor's score -- In performance
N2  - "Toward a General Theory of Acting explores the actors art through the lens of Dynamic Systems Theory and recent findings in the Cognitive Sciences. An analysis of different theories of acting in the West from Stanislavski to Lecoq is followed by an in depth discussion of technique, improvisation, and creating a score. In the final chapter, the focus shifts to how these three are interwoven when the actor steps in front of an audience, whether performing realist, non-realist, or postdramatic theatre. Far from using the sciences to reduce acting to a formula, Lutterbie celebrates the mystery of the creative process"--
ER  -