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9780203375280

Psychophysical Acting : An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203375280

  • ISBN10:

    0203375289

  • Copyright: 2008-09-30
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Psychophysical Acting is a direct and vital address to the demands of contemporary theatre on today's actor. Drawing on over thirty years of intercultural experience, Phillip Zarrilli aims to equip actors with practical and conceptual tools with which to approach their work. Areas of focus include: an historical overview of a psychophysical approach to acting from Stanislavski to the present acting as an 'energetics' of performance, applied to a wide range of playwrights: Samuel Beckett, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Kaite O'Reilly and Ota Shogo a system of training though yoga and Asian martial arts that heightens sensory awareness, dynamic energy, and in which body and mind become one practical application of training principles to improvisation exercises.Psychophysical Acting is accompanied by Peter Hulton's interactive DVD-ROM featuring exercises, production documentation, interviews, and reflection.

Table of Contents

Foreword
A preface in three voices
Introduction: a psychophysical approach to acting
What is the actor's work?
Historical context
Beginning with the breath
An enactive approach to acting and embodiment
Work on oneself
The source traditions: yoga, kalarippayattu, taiqiquan
The psychophysical actor's "I can"
Exercises for "playing" in-between: structured improvisations
Production case studies
The Beckett Project
The Water Station by Ota Shogo
Speaking Stones: Images, voices, fragments à from that which comes after, with Text by Kaite OÆReilly and German translation by Frank Heibert
4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane
Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp
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