Diderot’s body and cognitive science: sensation, impulse and action in performer training Dennis, Rea and Lewis, Lisa 2016, Diderot’s body and cognitive science: sensation, impulse and action in performer training, Studies in theatre and performance, Latest Articles, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1080/14682761.2016.1269510. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Diderot’s body and cognitive science: sensation, impulse and action in performer training Author(s) Dennis, Rea orcid.org/0000-0002-6214-3504 Lewis, Lisa Journal name Studies in theatre and performance Season Latest Articles Start page 1 End page 12 Total pages 12 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016 ISSN 1468-2761 2040-0616 Keyword(s) neuroscience and acting acting and cognitive science actor training psychophysical acting zarille alba emoting diderot stanislavsky Summary This essay places Diderot's materialist philosophy articulated in Paradox of the Actor in the late Nineteenth century, alongside emerging thinking from neurobiology. Taking Diderot’s pursuit for the recognition acting as an art as a point of departure, it reflects on the labour of the actor as awareness within multiple cognitions: impulse, sensation, and action. The discussion maps various examples including Stanislavsky in the early 1900s through to contemporary more regulated techniques like Susana Bloch’s Alba Emoting method and Phillip Zarrilli’s psychophysical approach. It considers the language of neuroscience in explicating the nuances of technique in acting and proposes that good acting requires a mastery of self at a neural level. ​ Language eng DOI 10.1080/14682761.2016.1269510 Field of Research 190404 Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies 1904 Performing Arts And Creative Writing Socio Economic Objective 950105 The Performing Arts (incl. Theatre and Dance) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Informa Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30090176 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 09 Dec 2016, 14:59:09 EST Sat, 10 Dec 2016, 04:00:34 EST Thu, 05 Jan 2017, 11:47:05 EST Fri, 06 Jan 2017, 05:06:47 EST Mon, 09 Jan 2017, 11:42:09 EST Mon, 09 Jan 2017, 11:44:22 EST Sat, 21 Jan 2017, 01:32:48 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 13:48:10 EST Wed, 28 Jun 2017, 15:53:54 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 17 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 05 Jan 2017, 11:47:05 EST

Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au.