Jerzy Grotowski

Name: Jerzy Grotowski
Price: 7.54 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780415258807

ISBN-10: 0415258804

ISBN-13: 9780415258807

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jairo Cuesta, James Slowiak

List price: $35.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

1 new & used from $7.54

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

This title demonstrates Jerzy Grotowski's significance and how his frank rhetoric, his revolutionary theories, his landmark productions, and pioneering cultural projects continue to cause controversy and provide fertile topics for discussion and further experimentation in theatre studios, classrooms, and on stage around the world.

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484



List of figures


Acknowledgments



Biography and Context


Grotowski's formative years


Theatre of Productions (1959-69)


Theatre of Participation/Paratheatre (1969-78)


Theatre of Sources (1976-82)


Objective Drama (1983-6)


Ritual Arts or Art as Vehicle (1986-99)



Grotowski's Key Writings


"Towards a Poor Theatre" (1965)


"Skara Speech" (1966)


"Holiday" [Swieto] "The day that is holy" (1970, 1971, 1972)


"Theatre of Sources" (1997)


"Tu es le fils cle quelqu'un (You are someone's son)" (1989)


"Performer" (1988)


Summary



Grotowski as Director


Grotowski in rehearsal


Grotowski and the actor


Analysis of a key production: Akropolis


Description of key scenes from Akropolis


Paratheatre events


Action: the final opus



Practical Exercises


Preparations


The actor's body


The actor's presence: to see


Untaming


Precision


Coordination and rhythm


The actor's voice: to listen


The actor's score: to do


The actor's partner: to meet


Afterword


Bibliography


Index