1st Edition

In Search of the Performer’s Way Jerzy Grotowski in Dialogue with Daoism

By Jong Hyuk Song Copyright 2026
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

This original study re-examines Grotowski’s work through a fresh perspective rooted in the ancient Eastern philosophy of Daoism. Moving beyond the limitations of existing scholarship, the author reveals how Daoist principles shed new light on Grotowski’s innovations. By contextualising Daoism within the scientific and philosophical upheavals of early twentieth-century Europe, particularly... Read more

Introduction

                                                                                     

Chapter 1: Grotowski’s Conversation with His Contemporaries

                                                                                                    

Chapter 2: The Actor’s Being in Contradiction

 

Chapter 3: The Worlds Created in Contradiction

                                                                       

Chapter 4: Via negativa

                                                         

Chapter 5: Towards the Self-So (Nature-ness)

                                                                                                    

Chapter 6: In Search of Another Body

                                                         

Conclusion

                                                         

Bibliography      

                                                                                                                                 

Index

Biography

Jong Hyuk Song, originally from the Republic of Korea, studied Oriental Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. He has postgraduate degrees from the School of Theatre at Ohio University and the Department of Performance Studies at New York University. He holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London.