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Were They Thinking: Artists on Stage</SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bob
Abelman<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Cleveland
Jewish News<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Member,
International Association of Theatre Critics <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #222222; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">“I
pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the
expression it leaves on my face.” <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>~
Johnny Depp<o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Art
is such a peculiar enterprise that even its most skillful practitioners can’t
quite explain how they do what they do when they do it.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And yet t</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">he latest issue of <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><EM>Frontiers in Human Neuroscience </EM>– a
bedtime staple on most nightstands – reported new research on </SPAN>how
performing artists think when they create.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Brain
signals were measured using lightweight wireless sensors as professional dancers
expressed themselves through movement.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It was discovered that what appears so intuitive, impetuous and
effortless is the result of vigorously snapping synapses in the sensory motor
network and the prefrontal cortex kicking into overdrive.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">So
what’s going on inside the heads of actors?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sure,
<SPAN style="COLOR: black">acting requires</SPAN> <SPAN
style="COLOR: black">memorization and a host of complex psychological skills,
such as imagination and empathy, to evoke </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">visceral
emotions during a performance.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">But
do actors actually think when they act?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And what do they think about?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To
help advance the state of <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">neurological
research</SPAN>, but without all the paperwork, two prominent, deep-thinking
stage performers met with the CJN at their mother ship – Corky and Lenny’s deli
– to discuss this issue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And to
have a light snack. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">They
are long-time actor/director/improv guru Marc Moritz, who decided to forego a
light snack and have the corned beef and fries, and popular standup
comedian/writer/voice-over actor Marc Jaffe, who ate more sensibly.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
results of this meeting are as startling as they are insightful.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Moritz:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">What
was the question?<B><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jaffe:
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">He
asked what we have in our head when we perform.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I
have the Garfield 1-2323 jingle for aluminum siding. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s been there since 1967.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">For
more of this interview, go to: <A href=""><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN
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