1st Edition

Acting the Essence The Performer's Work on the Self

By Giuliano Campo Copyright 2022
220 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Acting the Essence examines the theory, practice, and history of the art of the performer from the perspective of its inner nature as work on oneself, within, around, and beyond the pedagogy of the actor. Ref lecting primarily on the legacy of Jerzy Grotowski, this book is composed of a series of ref lections on the Stanislavskian lineage of practitioners and related authors, in an attempt to... Read more

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

Acting with bad intentions

PART ONE: STANISLAVSKI AND GROTOWSKI. THE PERFORMER’S WORK ON THE SELF IN EUROPEAN THEATRE

Chapter One

The Work on One’s Self in Stanislavski’s lineage

Chapter Two

Grotowski from Theatre to Ritual Arts

PART TWO: THEATRE AND RITUAL. THE PERFORMER’S WORK ON THE SELF BEYOND THEATRE

Chapter Three

Performances and Altered States of Consciousness (ASC). An overview

Chapter Four

Trance, Possession and Acting

PART THREE: PIRANDELLO AND WEIL. THE PERFORMER’S WORK ON THE SELF OUTSIDE THEATRE

Chapter Five

Pirandello’s Actor

Chapter Six

Simone Weil, Performance and Attention

Photographs

Notes

Index

Biography

Giuliano Campo is a Performer, Director, and Lecturer in Drama at Ulster University.