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elib.tech Exclusive… sharing elsewhere will result in being banned! PERMANENTLY! url: http://ow.ly/vijjqPublication Date: January 26, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0415774179 | ISBN-13: 978-0415774178 | Edition: 1The Actor, Image and Action is a ‘new generation’ approach to the craft of acting; the first full-length study of actor training using the insights of cognitive neuroscience. In a brilliant reassessment of both the practice and theory of acting, Rhonda Blair examines the physiological relationship between bodily action and emotional experience. In doing so she provides the latest step in Stanislavsky’s attempts to help the actor ‘reach the unconscious by conscious means’.Recent developments in scientific thinking about the connections between biology and cognition require new ways of understanding many elements of human activity, including:imaginationemotionmemoryphysicalityreason.The Actor, Image and Action looks at how these are in fact inseparable in the brain’s structure and function, and their crucial importance to an actor’s engagement with a role. The book vastly improves our understanding of the actor’s process and is a must for any actor or student of acting.GB is [bCLOSED[/b] The Best Books on Acting [/size]books:Rhonda Blair – The Actor, Image, and Action: Acting and Cognitive NeuroscienceD. W. Brown – You Can Act!: A Complete Guide for ActorsThe Actor’s Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner TechniqueJudith Weston – The Film Director’s Intuition: script Analysis and Rehearsal TechniquesJudith Weston – Directing ActorsScott Sedita – The Eight Characters of Comedy: A Guide to Sitcom Acting And WritingBasil Hofmann – Acting and How to Be Good at It: The Second EditionAnne Bogart – And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable WorldAnne Bogart – A Director Prepares – Seven Essay On Art and TheatreEric Morris – Irreverent ActingEric Morris and Joan Hotchkis – No Acting Please: A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and LivingSam Kogan – The Science of ActingRocco Dal Vera and Joe Deer – Acting in Musical Theatre: A Comprehensive CourseLarry Moss – The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor