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Author:   Frank Camilleri (University of Malta, Malta)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781350347342

ISBN 10:   1350347345
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   20 March 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Foreword by Paul Allain (University of Kent, UK) Introduction We Are All Alligators i. Bodyworld Bodyworld and the 3As Bodies in the Open ii. Bodyworld Affordances in Sports Affordances in Action Intentionality in Affordance iii. Via Athletae in Sport and Aesthetic Performance Heart Athletes and Flying Acrobats Action in Life Action in the Boxing Ring Punches in the Face of Ethics and Reality Enduring Humanity PART I: MIND GAMES Chapter 1. I Perform, I Think: Bodyworld Cognitions Thinking About It Mind Mapping Attentional Focus Movement Aesthetic and Economy Outward Monitoring Refining Running/Bodyworld Distraction Automatic Pilot and Exhaustion What I Take With Me Chapter 2. Mind Your Body: Attentional Focus in Performance Internal/External Focus and the Mind-Muscle Connection Flow Automaticity Epistemic Actions in Performance Secondary Tasks Practice Insights Cross-Sectional Perspectives Chapter 3. Maintaining the Pace: Action Planning for Performance Central Governor and Anticipatory Regulation Psychobiological Model Perception of Effort Pacing Aesthetic Pacing Anticipatory Modulation Calibrating Inner Action Grafting Insights PART II: HEART MATTERS Chapter 4. Feeling Performance: Affect, Sensation, Emotion Affect Theory and Affective Science Resonating Experience Emotion Episode Eliciting Conditions ‘More Than Just an Actor Dressing’ Expressive or Communicative Outcomes Stage Fright Action Readiness Improvisation and Real-World Play Chapter 5. Performing Feeling: Action, Intention, Transformation From Action Readiness to Actional Outcomes Thought-Action A Cat With Which I have Contact, or Intentionality Emotion Modulation Changing Oneself Chapter 6. Putting on an Act: Performance Through Experience Cognitive Processing Enacting Action Aesthetic Experience Experience Case Studies Case Study 1 (Training): Plastiques Case Study 2 (Training Performance): Tekhne Sessions Case Study 3 (Running): Long Runs Case Study Reflections: Aesthetics in Athletics Case Study 4 (Performance): Id-Descartes and Martyr Red Improvisational Conclusions Conclusion: Along the Via Athletae References Bibliography Index

Reviews

"""This book would be a lively contribution to some of the inter-disciplinary themes in the field ... An accessible and insightful account of the space between, and ... shared by, athletes and actors in training."" --Dr John Matthews, University of Plymouth, UK"

This book would be a lively contribution to some of the inter-disciplinary themes in the field ... An accessible and insightful account of the space between, and ... shared by, athletes and actors in training. * Dr John Matthews, University of Plymouth, UK *

Author Information

Frank Camilleri is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Malta and Artistic Director of Icarus Performance Project (www.icarusproject.info). His publications on performer training, theatre as a laboratory, and practice as research reflect the theatre work he has been developing since 1989. He is also a long-distance runner.

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