Paper Canoe A Guide to Theatre Anthropology

Name: Paper Canoe A Guide to Theatre Anthropology
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ISBN: 9780415116749

ISBN-10: 0415116740

ISBN-13: 9780415116749

Edition: 1994

Authors: Eugenio Barba, Richard Fowler

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Eugenio Barba, director, theorist and founder of the Odin Teatret, is today one of the major points of reference for contemporary experimental theater. In The Paper Canoe--translated here into English for the first time--Eugenio Barba explores the"pre-expressive" basis of "presence" effective on stage and how human beings behave "in a situation of organized representation." An enormously exciting, beautifully written and very moving work, The Paper Canoe is a crucial document for the comprehension of late twentieth-century intercultural performance. It comprises a fascinating dialogue with such masters of theater as Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Craig, Copeau, Brecht, Artand and Decroux. It…

Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/10/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface



The Genesis of Theatre Anthropology



Definition



Recurring Principles



Notes for the Perplexed (And for Myself)



Energy, or Rather, the Thought



The Dilated Body



A Theatre Not Made of Stones and Bricks



Canoes, Butterflies and a Horse


Notes


Index