Enacting Lecoq : Movement in Theatre, Cognition, and Life - Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance

This book examines the theatrical movement-based pedagogy of Jacques Lecoq (1921-1999) through the lens of the cognitive scientific paradigm of enaction. The conversation between these two both uncovers more of the possible cognitive processes at work in Lecoq pedagogy and proposes how Lecoq's own practical and philosophical approach could have something to offer the development of the enactive paradigm. Understanding Lecoq pedagogy through enaction can shed new light on the ways that movement, key to Lecoq's own articulation of his pedagogy, might cognitively constitute the development of Lecoq's ultimate creative figure - the actor-creator. Through an enactive lens, the actor-creator can be understood as not only a creative figure, but also the manifestation of a fundamentally new mode of cognitive selfhood. This book engages with Lecoq pedagogy's significant practices and principles including the relationship between the instructor and student, identifications, mime, play, mask work, language, improvisation, and movement analysis.

ISBN:	9783030056148
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Published date:	10 Jan 2019
DEWEY:	792.028
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	214
Weight:	428g
Height:	157mm
Width:	218mm
Spine width:	21mm

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