My Character Wouldn’t Do That
Acting, Cognitive Science and the Optimal Performance Brain
$48.84
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2022
Summary
Starting from the idea that the main hindrance to a great acting performance is self-consciousness on the part of the performer, My Character Wouldn’t do That examines the ways in which some of our traditional and contemporary approaches to acting put us into a ‘mind space’ that can encourage self-consciousness. Examining evidence from a range of contemporary cognitive sciences, the book approaches acting and actor training in an entirely different way.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350230347 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350230340 |
| Author: | Donna Soto-Morettini |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 138mm x 214mm |
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Donna Soto-Morettini
Donna Soto-Morettini has served as Director of Drama for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Head of Acting and Dance for Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, and Head of Acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK. She has worked as casting director and performance coach for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s television shows, as casting director for The Voice and performance coach for ITV’s Popstar to Opera Star. Her books include Mastering the Audition: How to Perform Under Pressure (2012), Popular Singing and Style (2014), and Mastering the Shakespeare Audition (2016) and The Philosophical Actor (2010).
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