Physical theatres : a critical reader /

• Keefe, John, 1950-
• Murray, Simon David, 1948-

• Movement (Acting)
• Mime.
• Dance

• Routledge,

• 0415362520 (pbk.) :
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• 0415362512 (hbk.) :
• 9780415362511 (hbk.) :
• 0203012852 (e-book)
• 9780203012857 (e-book)

• £21.99
• £65.00

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Contents Notes on Contributors Thanks, Acknowledgements and Permissions Introduction "John Keefe and Simon Murray "Part 1: Genesis, Contexts, Namings Essay 1: Claire Heggen Goes Fishing "Dick McCaw" 1. My Definition of Theatre "Aetienne Decroux "2. Altered States and Subliminal Spaces: Charting the Road towards a Physical Theatre Ana "Sanchez-Colberg "3. Performance Epistemology "David E. R. George "4. Letter to M. d'Alembert on the Theatre "J.-J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva "5. Theatre, Human Beings "Augusto Boal "6. Body Techniques "Marcel Mauss "7. Morality "Terry Eagleton "Part 2: Roots:Routes Essay 2: Roots or Routes; The Technical Traditions of Contemporary Physical Theatre "Jonathan Pitches" A. Deep Traditions: Classical and Popular 8. The Art of Poetry "Aristotle "9. The Performer "David Wiles "10. Irving "Alan S. Downer" 11. Improvisation: methods and models "Jeff Pressing "12. LAZZI: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte "Mel Gordan "13. A Jewel on the Nation's Arse Jeff Nuttall 14. Sport, the Aesthetic and Art: Further Thoughts "Peter J. Arnold "15 Goodbye Note from Joan "Joan Littlewood "B. Hybrid Pathways 16. German Expressionist Acting "Mel Gordon "17. The Theatre and The Plague "Anais Nin "18. A Statement (Rewritten from a recorded interview) "Allan Kaprow "19. Surviving the Performance: An Interview with Franko B. "Patrick Campbell and Helen Spackman "20. The Angel's Hideout: Between Dance and Theatre "Enrique Pardo "Part 3: Contemporary Practices Essay 3: Gesturing Towards Post-Physical Performance "Franc Chamberlain "21. Introduction and East, Scene 4 "Steven Berkoff "22. Act Without Words: A Mime for One Player "Samuel" "Beckett To Music by John Beckett "23. Re-dressing the girls "Emilyn Claid "24. Bluebeard "Norbert Servos "25. Club of No Regrets, Forced Entertainment "Tim Etchells "26. 'On Brith Gof', a montage of material about and concerning the work of Brith Gof, a Welsh Theatre Company "Mike Pearson and Cliff McLucas "27. MAG - The Next Five Years 1997-2002 "Franc Chamberlain" Part 4: Preparation and Training Essay 4: Reframing The Journey "Lorna Marshall "28. Photo Essay: Sports "Aetienne Decroux" 29. Appendix: A practical guide to the application of the Michael Chekhov Psychological Gesture (PG) Technique "Translation and commentary by Andrei Malaev-Babel "30. The Articulate Body: the physical training of the actor "Anne Dennis "31. Movement Technique "Jacques Lecoq "32. Circus and the Actor: an interview with Hovey Burgess "Myra Felner "33. Moving "Yoshi Oida and Lorna Marshall" Part 5: Physicality and the Word Essay 5: Physical Theatre and Text "Phelim McDermott "34. On Everyday Theatre (Poems of the Crisis Years 1929-1933) "Bertolt Brecht "35. Rockaby and the art of inadvertent interpretation, and Considerations of acting in the early plays "Jonathan Kalb "36. A Shared Experience: The Actor as Storyteller "Mike Alfreds "37. US Narrative One, "Albert Hunt", and Narrative Two, "Michael Kustow "38. Comedians "Trevor Griffiths" 39. 'Introductory Essay', 'Beautiful', 'Sunday' (Sunday in the Park with George) "Robert Kimball and Stephen Sondheim" Part 6: Bodies and Cultures Essay 6: Assembling our differences: bridging identities-in-motion in intercultural performance "David Williams "40. Introduction: Towards a theory of interculturalism in theatre "Patrice Pavis "41. PRE-EXPRESSIVITY "Eugenio Barba and Nicola Savarese "42. The World As A Can Opener "Peter Brook "43. What Is Art "C L R James "44. Orientalism Now "Edward W. Said "Afterwords

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