Si vis me flere. Emotions in the mirror
Keywords:
Actor, Theatre, Neurosciences, Mirror Mechanism, PresenceAbstract
This paper addresses the issue of the actor's work with the aidofelements from neurosciences and philosophy. It presents texts by
Horace in which he gives indications to actors and speakers.
Suchassumptions are elaborated with texts by Diderot and Copeau
in orderto raise comprehensions about the emotions and more
rational tasks ofthe actor's work. It presents the concept of mirror
mechanism to showhow mirror neurons in the brain are responsible
for chain actions inthe nervous system. It compares those
mechanisms with the actor'swork.
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