Human Touch (eBook)

Redefining the Art of British Contemporary Improvisational Theatre

Chloe Arros (Autor)

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2024
180 Seiten
Taylor & Francis (Verlag)
978-1-040-09729-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The Human Touch is a book focused on the creative processes at work in British contemporary improvisational theatre and how these processes draw on the humanity of the participants: their cognitive abilities, their lives, and their relationships to each other. Vulnerability is a main feature of both the book and of improvisational theatre, both part of the hurdles that improvisers face and a creative tool. Through a study of improvisation and vulnerability, the book teaches us both what makes improvisational theatre so human and opens the door to a reflection about how to use humanity and human emotions in performance. Most importantly, it delves into the cognitive and physiological processes at work in improvisation, a topic which is missing from most manuals and studies offered to students. This book is addressed to theatre students and provides both an important overview of the form's history and a challenge to what is usually taught about improvisation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.9.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-040-09729-4 / 1040097294
• ISBN-13: 978-1-040-09729-8 / 9781040097298