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Rethinking Religion in the Theatre of Grotowski book cover

1st Edition

Rethinking Religion in the Theatre of Grotowski

By Catharine Christof Copyright 2017
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book opens a new interdisciplinary frontier between religion and theatre studies to illuminate what has been seen as the religious, or spiritual, nature of Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski’s work. It corrects the lacunae in both theatre studies and religious studies by examining the interaction between the two fields in his artistic output. The central argument of the text is... Read more

Introduction: Grotowski and interdisciplinary engagements



1 Rendering Grotowski’s spirituality: perspectives from performance and theatre studies





Part One: Foucault and Grotowski’s Theatre of Productions phase



2 Foucault, religion and Grotowski



3 A Foucaultian imperative in Grotowski’s theatre





Part Two: The New Age, the body and Grotowski



4 Critical thinking about the New Age



5 Grotowski, embodiment and the New Age



6 Yoga, shamanism and ritual in Grotowski’s work



7 Trance, channeling and the ancestors in Grotowski’s theatre



8 Grotowski and Gurdjieff: embodied resemblances



9 Grotowski as Guru: an interdisciplinary challenge





Conclusion

Biography

Catharine Christof holds an MA(Hons) in The Study of Mysticism and Religious Experience and a PhD in Religion, both from the University of Kent, UK. She has a BA and an MFA in Theatre Arts and is currently Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts at Loyola Marymount University, USA.

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