1st Edition

Theatre and Boxing The Actor who Flies

By Franco Ruffini Copyright 2014
183 Pages
by Routledge

183 Pages
by Routledge

183 Pages
by Routledge

Theatre and Boxing focuses on a problem which is of paramount importance for any theatre practitioner and researcher: the actor’s believable body. This problem has been taken up by Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Artaud, Brecht, Decroux, Copeau, Grotowski, and many others. It is an essential hurdle for all who practice the theatrical craft or want to study it theoretically. This hurdle can be considered... Read more

Foreword, Boxing, Gymnasiums and bals musette, Boxers and acrobats, The actor who flies, Envoi, Index

Biography

Franco Ruffini teaches at the Rome Tre University. He is a member of the scientific staff of ISTA, the International School of Theatre Anthropology, of which he is one of the founders together with Eugenio Barba. He sits on the Board of Editors of the journal Teatro e Storia.

"A must for anyone who really wants to understand the factors which influence change in theatre practice." - The Stage