Why Do Actors Train?

Krumholz has provided both the scholarship and tools for a new insight and understanding of the art of theatre and specifically the craft of acting that is essential in delivering the art. Theatre professionals, educators, students and historians will find this a revelatory and engaging exploration. * Joseph V Melillo, Executive Producer Emeritus. Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) * How do the actions of everyday life change when they're performed under the eyes of an audience? Drawing on the growing field of embodied cognition and his own expensive experience in acting, directing, and actor training, Brad Krumholz answers this question with a rich account of acting-and actor training-as dynamic, relational, sensorimotor processes. Bristling with insights, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in why actors train and what this training accomplishes. * Stanton B. Garner Jr., James Douglas Bruce Professor of English and Theatre, University of Tennessee, USA * Why Do Actors Train is a vitally important book for actors, students, scholars, and instructors who wish to better understand embodied cognition in actor training and how they might utilize it within their own practice. * Anne Bogart * Some books might tell you that the body is important without going much beyond this slogan. This book tells you why! A sharp and careful analysis of the many ways theatre practice might be said to be embodied. Brad Krumholz expertly engages in some of the most recent contemporary philosophical theories and opens up a way for theatre scholars and practitioners to think differently. * Frederique de Vignemont, CNRS Research Director, Jean Nicod Institute, Paris, France * A thorough and thoughtful book full of astonishing ideas and intriguing proposals! * Christopher Bayes, Professor in the Practice of Acting and Head of Physical Acting at David Geffen School of Drama, Yale University, USA *