Learning to Perform: An Introduction

Simpson Stern, Carol

ISBN 10: 0810126672 / ISBN 13: 9780810126671

Published by Northwestern University Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning to Perform: An Introduction
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810126672
• ISBN 13: 9780810126671
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In Learning to Perform Carol Simpson Stern and Bruce Henderson enliven the dialogue between theory and practice for actors and teachers alike. Beginning with an overview of the study of literary and cultural texts through performance, Stern and Henderson then translate literary and performance theory into concrete classroom experience. Learning to Perform presents a dynamic performance methodology that offers the tools students need to develop and refine performance skills, analyze texts, and think and reflect critically on performed texts. By addressing an expanded sense of text that includes cultural as well as literary artifacts, the authors bridge the gap between oral interpretation and the more inclusive field of performance studies that overarches it.

About the Author

Carol Simpson Stern is a professor of performance studies and former dean of the graduate school at Northwestern University.

Bruce Henderson is a professor of speech communication at Ithaca College.