Performer training for actors and athletes. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank Camilleri.
• Authors: Camilleri, Frank
• Contents: PrefaceForeword by Paul Allain (University of Kent, UK)IntroductionWe Are All Alligatorsi. BodyworldBodyworld and the 3AsBodies in the Open ii. Bodyworld Affordances in Sports Affordances in ActionIntentionality in Affordanceiii. Via Athletae in Sport and Aesthetic PerformanceHeart Athletes and Flying AcrobatsAction in LifeAction in the Boxing RingPunches in the Face of Ethics and RealityEnduring Humanity PART I: MIND GAMES Chapter 1. I Perform, I Think: Bodyworld CognitionsThinking About It Mind MappingAttentional FocusMovement Aesthetic and Economy Outward MonitoringRefining Running/BodyworldDistractionAutomatic Pilot and ExhaustionWhat I Take With Me Chapter 2. Mind Your Body: Attentional Focus in PerformanceInternal/External Focus and the Mind-Muscle ConnectionFlow Automaticity Epistemic Actions in PerformanceSecondary TasksPractice InsightsCross-Sectional PerspectivesChapter 3. Maintaining the Pace: Action Planning for PerformanceCentral Governor and Anticipatory Regulation Psychobiological ModelPerception of EffortPacingAesthetic PacingAnticipatory ModulationCalibrating Inner ActionGrafting InsightsPART II: HEART MATTERSChapter 4. Feeling Performance: Affect, Sensation, EmotionAffect Theory and Affective ScienceResonating ExperienceEmotion EpisodeEliciting Conditions'More Than Just an Actor Dressing'Expressive or Communicative OutcomesStage FrightAction ReadinessImprovisation and Real-World PlayChapter 5. Performing Feeling: Action, Intention, TransformationFrom Action Readiness to Actional Outcomes Thought-ActionA Cat With Which I have Contact, or IntentionalityEmotion ModulationChanging OneselfChapter 6. Putting on an Act: Performance Through ExperienceCognitive ProcessingEnacting ActionAesthetic ExperienceExperience Case StudiesCase Study 1 (Training): PlastiquesCase Study 2 (Training Performance): Tekhne SessionsCase Study 3 (Running): Long RunsCase Study Reflections: Aesthetics in AthleticsCase Study 4 (Performance): Id-Descartes and Martyr RedImprovisational ConclusionsConclusion: Along the Via Athletae ReferencesBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 792.028; Acting; Actors -- Training of; Athletes -- Training of; Performance
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350347311; 9781350347328
• Related ISBNs: 9781350347304
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