Beschreibung
This book presents an interdisciplinary investigation into the emergence of the actor and the theater. It explains the role of bipedality, toolmaking and trance in the evolution of the performer, examines the performativity of space and writing, and argues that ancient culture emerged from dance.
Autorenportrait
Miros?aw Kocur is Professor at the University of Wroc?aw and L. Solski Theater Academy for the Dramatic Arts. His research focuses on studying acting techniques and reconstructing the origins of performing practices.
Inhalt
Contents: Performances in Bali – Wayang kulit – Cremation – Trance – Mask – Bipedality – Gesticulation – Mirror neurons – Mimesis – Paleoperformances – Tools – Extended mind – Burying the dead – Chauvet cave – Lascaux – Göbekli Tepe – Çatalhöyük – Theater of Dionysus – Emergence of writing, dance, transformation, actor – Tibet.
