1st Edition

Etienne Decroux and his Theatre Laboratory

By Marco de Marinis Copyright 2016
278 Pages
by Routledge

Etienne Decroux and His Theatre Laboratory is based on the long-awaited translation of Marco De Marinis' monumental work on mime in the twentieth century: Mimo e teatro nel Novecento (1993). Now revised and updated, the volume focuses specifically on the seminal role played by French mime artist and pedagogue Etienne Decroux. Mime is a theatrical form of ancient tradition. In the nineteenth... Read more
INTRODUCTION: LABORATORY THEATRE AND DRAMATURGY OF THE ACTOR: THE CASE FOR DECROUX 1 THE VIEUX COLOMBIER TRADITION 2 DECROUX AND BARRAULT 4 DECROUXPEDAGOGUE 5 CORPOREAL MIME: AESTHETICS AND GRAMMAR 6 CORPOREAL MIME AS THEATRICAL UTOPIA, EPILOGUE: MIME AND THEATRE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Biography

Marco De Marinis is Professor of Theatre at the Arts Department in the University of Bologna.