Rainbow of Desire The Boal Method of Theatre and Therapy

Name: Rainbow of Desire The Boal Method of Theatre and Therapy
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ISBN: 9780415103497

ISBN-10: 0415103495

ISBN-13: 9780415103497

Edition: 1994

Authors: Augusto Boal, Adrian Jackson

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The Rainbow of Desireis Augusto Boal's bold and brilliant statement about the therapeutic ability of theatre to liberate individuals and change lives. Now translated into English and fully and comprehensively updated from the French, this books sets out the techniques which help us ``see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalized. Boal, a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician, has been confronting oppression in various forms for over thirty years. His belief that theatre is a means to create the future rather than passively wait for it has inspired hundreds of groups from all over the world to use his techniques in a multitude of settings. This, his latest work,…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 12/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.72" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Translator's introduction Why this book?


My three theatrical encounters



The Theory Theatre the first human invention Human beings, a passion and a platform: the 'aesthetic space'


The three hypotheses of 'the Cop in the Head'


Experiences in two psychiatric hospitals Preliminaties to the utilisation of the techniques of the Rainbow of Desire



The practice The prospective techniques



The image of the images



The image of the word



Image and counter-image



The kaleidoscopic image



The projected image



The image of the hour



The ritual gesture



Rituals and masks



The multiple image of oppression



Multiple images of happiness



The rotating image



The image of transition



The image of the group



Rashomon


The introspective techniques



The image of the antagonist



The analytical image



The circuit of rituals and masks



The image of chaos



The image of 'Cops in the Head' and their antibodies



The image of the 'Cops in the Heads' of the spectators



The image of the rainbow of desire



The screen image



Contradictory images of the same people in the same story



Extraversion techniques



Improvisations



Games



Shows Postscript: The techniques and ourselves: an experiment in India