Rethinking Religion In The Theatre Of Grotowski

Author : Catharine Christof
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351854627

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Rethinking Religion in the Theatre of Grotowski by Catharine Christof Pdf

This book opens a new interdisciplinary frontier between religion and theatre studies to illuminate what has been seen as the religious, or spiritual, nature of Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski’s work. It corrects the lacunae in both theatre studies and religious studies by examining the interaction between the two fields in his artistic output. The central argument of the text is that through an embodied and materialist approach to religion, developed in the work of Michel Foucault and religious studies scholar Manuel Vasquez, as well as a critical reading of the concepts of the New Age, a new understanding of Grotowski and religion can be developed. It is possible to show how Grotowski’s work articulated spiritual experience within the body; achieving a removal of spirituality from ecclesial authorities and relocating spiritual experience within the body of the performer. This is a unique analysis of one of the 20th Century’s most famous theatrical figures. As such, it is a vital reference for academics in both Religion and Theatre Studies that have an interest in the spiritual aspects of Grotowski’s work.

Author : Catharine Christof
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351854610

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Rethinking Religion in the Theatre of Grotowski by Catharine Christof Pdf

This book opens a new interdisciplinary frontier between religion and theatre studies to illuminate what has been seen as the religious, or spiritual, nature of Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski’s work. It corrects the lacunae in both theatre studies and religious studies by examining the interaction between the two fields in his artistic output. The central argument of the text is that through an embodied and materialist approach to religion, developed in the work of Michel Foucault and religious studies scholar Manuel Vasquez, as well as a critical reading of the concepts of the New Age, a new understanding of Grotowski and religion can be developed. It is possible to show how Grotowski’s work articulated spiritual experience within the body; achieving a removal of spirituality from ecclesial authorities and relocating spiritual experience within the body of the performer. This is a unique analysis of one of the 20th Century’s most famous theatrical figures. As such, it is a vital reference for academics in both Religion and Theatre Studies that have an interest in the spiritual aspects of Grotowski’s work.

Author : Kris Salata
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780429593871

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Acting after Grotowski by Kris Salata Pdf

For whom does the actor perform? To answer this foundational question of the actor’s art, Grotowski scholar Kris Salata explores acting as a self-revelatory action, introduces Grotowski’s concept of "carnal prayer," and develops an interdisciplinary theory of acting and spectating. Acting after Grotowski: Theatre’s Carnal Prayer attempts to overcome the religious/secular binary by treating "prayer" as a pre-religious, originary deed, and ultimately situates theatre along with ritual in their shared territory of play. Grounded in theatre practice, Salata’s narrative moves through postmodern philosophy, critical theory, theatre, performance, ritual, and religious studies, concluding that the fundamental structure of prayer, which underpins the actor’s deed, can be found in any self-revelatory creative act.

Author : James Slowiak,Jairo Cuesta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351174763

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Jerzy Grotowski by James Slowiak,Jairo Cuesta Pdf

Master director, teacher, and theorist, Jerzy Grotowski’s work extended well beyond the conventional limits of performance. Now revised and reissued, this book combines: ● an overview of Grotowski’s life and the distinct phases of his work ● an analysis of his key ideas ● a consideration of his role as director of the renowned Polish Laboratory Theatre ● a series of practical exercises offering an introduction to the principles underlying Grotowski’s working methods. As a first step towards critical understanding, and an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners offer unbeatable value for today’s student.

Author : Franc Chamberlain,Bernadette Sweeney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317357407

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The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners by Franc Chamberlain,Bernadette Sweeney Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners collects the outstanding biographical and production overviews of key theatre practitioners first featured in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks. Each of the chapters is written by an expert on a particular figure, from Stanislavsky and Brecht to Laban and Decroux, and places their work in its social and historical context. Summaries and analyses of their key productions indicate how each practitioner's theoretical approaches to performance and the performer were manifested in practice. All 22 practitioners from the original series are represented, with this volume covering those born after 1915. This is the definitive first step for students, scholars and practitioners hoping to acquaint themselves with the leading names in performance, or deepen their knowledge of these seminal figures.

Author : Franc Chamberlain,Bernadette Sweeney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000402117

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The Routledge Companion to Studio Performance Practice by Franc Chamberlain,Bernadette Sweeney Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Studio Performance Practice is a unique, indispensable guide to the training methods of the world’s key theatre practitioners. Compiling the practical work outlined in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks, each set of exercises has been edited and contextualised by an expert in that particular approach. Each chapter provides a taster of one practitioner’s work, answering the same key questions: ‘How did this artist work? How can I begin to put my understanding of this to practical use?’ Newly written chapter introductions put the exercises in context, explaining how they fit into the wider methods and philosophy of the practitioner in question. All 21 volumes in the original series are represented in this volume.

Author : Shane Butler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781474260534

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Deep Classics by Shane Butler Pdf

Fragmented, buried, and largely lost, the classical past presents formidable obstacles to anyone who would seek to know it. 'Deep Classics' is the study of these obstacles and, in particular, of the way in which the contemplation of the classical past resembles – and has even provided a model for – other kinds of human endeavor. This volume offers a new way to understand the modalities and aims of Classics itself, through the ages. Its individual chapters draw fruitful connections between the reception of the classical and current concerns in philosophy of mind, cognitive theory, epistemology, media studies, sense studies, aesthetics, queer theory and eco-criticism. What does the study of the ancient past teach us about our encounters with our own more recent but still elusive memories? What do our always partial reconstructions of ancient sites tell us about the limits of our ability to know our own world, or to imagine our future? What does the reader of the lacunose and corrupted literatures of antiquity learn thereby about literature and language themselves? What does a shattered statue reveal about art, matter, sensation, experience, life? Does the way in which these vestiges of the past are encountered – sitting in a library, standing in a gallery, moving through a ruin – condition our responses to them and alter their significance? And finally, how has the contemplation of antiquity helped to shape seemingly unrelated disciplines, including not only other humanistic and scientific epistemologies but also non-scholarly modes and practices? In asking these and similar questions, Deep Classics makes a pointed intervention in the study of the classical tradition, now more widely known as 'reception studies'.

Author : Manfred Brauneck,ITI Zentrum Deutschland
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783839432433

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Independent Theatre in Contemporary Europe by Manfred Brauneck,ITI Zentrum Deutschland Pdf

Over the past 20 years European theatre underwent fundamental changes in terms of aesthetic focus, institutional structure and in its position in society. The impetus for these changes was provided by a new generation in the independent theatre scene. This book brings together studies on the state of independent theatre in different European countries, focusing on the fields of dance and performance, children and youth theatre, theatre and migration and post-migrant theatre. Additionally, it includes essays on experimental musical theatre and different cultural policies for independent theatre scenes in a range of European countries.

Author : Nicole Potter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781581159349

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Movement for Actors by Nicole Potter Pdf

In this rich resource for American actors, renowned movement teachers and directors reveal the physical skills needed for the stage and screen. Experts in a wide array of disciplines provide remarkable insight into the Alexander technique, the use of psychological gesture, period movement, the work of Rudolph Laban, postmodern choreography, and Suzuki training, to name but a few. Those who want to pursue serious training will be able to consult the appendix for listings of the best teachers and schools in the country. This inspiring collection is a must read for all actors, directors, and teachers of theater looking for stimulation and new approaches.

Author : Victor Witter Turner
Publisher : New York City : Performing Arts Journal Publications
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:49015001107995

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From Ritual to Theatre by Victor Witter Turner Pdf

Turner looks beyond his routinized discipline to an anthropology of experience . . . We must admire him for this.-Times Literary Supplement

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1780 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015042924020

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Arts & Humanities Citation Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004389571

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Drama Research Methods: Provocations of Practice by Anonim Pdf

Drama Research Methods: Provocations of Practice focuses on innovative drama/theatre research practices in ever-widening contexts for a broad range of purposes within and outside of the arts and the challenges this poses for researchers, writers and research participants.

Author : Maria Knebel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136448928

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Active Analysis by Maria Knebel Pdf

Active Analysis combines two of Maria Knebel’s most important books, On Active Analysis of the Play and the Role and The Word in the Actor’s Creative Work, in a single edition conceived and edited by one of Knebel's most famous students, the renowned theatre and film director, Anatoli Vassiliev. This is the first English translation of an important and authoritative fragment of the great Stanislavski jigsaw. A landmark publication. This book is an indispensable resource for professional directors, student directors, actors and researchers interested in Stanislavski, directing, rehearsal methods and theatre studies more generally.

Author : Maria Shevtsova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781107023390

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Rediscovering Stanislavsky by Maria Shevtsova Pdf

An interdisciplinary approach to Stanislavsky's theatre practice in sociocultural and political contexts and its legacy in the twenty-first century.

Author : Ralph Yarrow
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Theater
ISBN : 9780700714124

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Indian Theatre by Ralph Yarrow Pdf

This work discusses why so many western theatre workers have come to India and what they were looking for. It identifies Indian theatre as a site of reappraisal and renewal both in India and in the world of performance.