1st Edition
The Unwritten Grotowski Theory and Practice of the Encounter
By Kris Salata
Copyright 2013
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book gives a new view on the legacy of Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), one of the central, and yet misunderstood, figures who shaped 20th-century theatre, focusing on his least known last phase of work on ancient songs and the craft of the performer. Salata posits Grotowski’s work as philosophical practice, and more particularly, as practical research in the phenomenology of being, arguing that... Read more
Prologue: A Journal from a Voyage to the Living Room 1. Grotowski Studies in a New Key 2. The Inner Man and His Deed: Jerzy Grotowski and the Heritage of Adam Mickiewicz and Polish Romanticism 3. Towards the Non-(Re)presentational Actor: From Grotowski to Richards 4. Nearness in Creation: From The Twin to The Letter 5. Towards a Theory of Aliveness: Pyric Theatre 6. Genealogy of Homecoming: A Journey of The Living Room
Biography
Kris Salata is Associate Professor in Performance at the School of Theatre, Florida State University, US.
