Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader

Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 9781134230969
ISBN-13 : 1134230966
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Book Synopsis Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader by : John Keefe

Download or read book Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader written by John Keefe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader is an invaluable resource for students of physically orientated theatre and performance. This book aims to trace the roots and development of physicality in theatre by combining practical experience of the field with a strong historical and theoretical underpinning. In exploring the histories, cross-overs and intersections of physical theatres, this critical Reader provides: six new, specially commissioned essays, covering each of the book’s main themes, from technical traditions to contemporary practises discussion of issues such as the foregrounding of the body, training and performance processes, and the origins of theatre in both play and human cognition a focus on the relationship and tensions between the verbal and the physical in theatre contributions from Augusto Boal, Stephen Berkoff, Étienne Decroux, Bertolt Brecht, David George, J-J. Rousseau, Ana Sanchez Colberg, Michael Chekhov, Jeff Nuttall, Jacques Lecoq, Yoshi Oida, Mike Pearson, and Aristotle.


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