The Theatre Practice of Tadashi Suzuki A Critical Sudy with DVD Examples

by Allain, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781408116432
• ISBN10: 140811643X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Summary

A lively, critical study of one of the most important innovators, thinkers and directors in contemporary world theatre: Tadashi Suzuki. This book explores Suzuki's theatre practice and contains a DVD with practical Suzuki Method actor-training examples.For over forty years Tadashi Suzuki has been a unique and vital force in both Japanese and Western theatre, creating and directing many internationally acclaimed productions including his most famous production,The Trojan Women,which toured throughout the world.Dr Paul Allain, an experienced practitioner of the Suzuki Method, re-evaluates Suzuki's work, his development towards an international theatre aesthetic and his impact on performance all over the world.

Author Biography

Tadashi Suzuki is one of the most important innovators, thinkers and directors in contemporary world theatre. An integral part of his work has been the development and teaching of his rigorous training system, the Suzuki Method. In this lively, critical study Paul Allain, who has practised the Suzuki Method, re-evaluates Suzuki's work, his development of an international theatre aesthetic and his impact on performance all over the world. This book explores Suzuki's theatre practice in writing and through a DVD that contains practical examples of the Suzuki Method of actor training. The DVD shows an actor training demonstration (featuring both novices and an experienced Suzuki practitioner of over ten years) accompained by a background explanatory commentary.
Paul Allain is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Kent. He took his doctorate at Goldsmiths, trained in Poland with the Gardzienice Theatre Association, and studied the Suzuki Method. He has worked on productions as Movement Director for the RSC and National Theatre and has published extensively on Polish theatre, Chekhov and actor training. He is currently director of the British Grotowski Project and leads a research collaboration with the Moscow Art Theatre School.