The Human Touch: Redefining the Art of British Contemporary Improvisational Theatre

di Chloé Arros (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024

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.

• Autore: Chloé Arros
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 172 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 490 gr.
• EAN: 9781032390680

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