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Quintessence Of Dust: Cognitive Neuroscience And An Actor's Process, Jason Christopher Davis
Quintessence Of Dust: Cognitive Neuroscience And An Actor's Process, Jason Christopher Davis
Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects
This thesis examines theories provided by cognitive neuroscience and applies them to an actor’s process. In particular, this research addresses the subjectivity and intentionality of our consciousness and special as-if states of consciousness, supported by the work of John Searle and Antonio Damasio. The phenomenal feeling of character-model control is discussed and supported by the work of Thomas Metzinger. The paper also considers our relative understanding of mirror neurons and specifically their function in relation to intersubjectivity and their use for an actor’s creation and conveyance of character in rehearsal and performance. It examines Stanislavsky’s notion of emotional memory and …
In A Garden Of Lions: A Creative Rendering Inspired By The Three Metamorphoses Of Friedrich Nietzsche, Olivia L. Spence
In A Garden Of Lions: A Creative Rendering Inspired By The Three Metamorphoses Of Friedrich Nietzsche, Olivia L. Spence
Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects
A decade ago, during the summer of 2002, I read Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra. It made an indelible mark: even the colors and smells of that roof-top porch in Toronto where I read it all the way through still arise in the forefront of my mind every time I think of this text. Since then, I have been captivated with the writings and philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, and have sought to understand this interest whenever possible. It is with this introspective eye that I have engaged this thesis project, using the last section of his text as a jumping …