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Grotowski, Jerzy - yĕˈzhĭ grôtôfˈskē, 1933–99, Polish stage director and theatrical theorist. Grotowski was founder and director of the small but influential Polish Laboratory Theatre (1959). He propounded a "poor theatre," which eliminates all nonessentials, i.e., costumes, sound effects, makeup, sets, lighting, and strictly


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    At Work with Grotowski on Physical Actions » Read Now

    by Thomas Richards. 140 pgs.

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    'I consider this book a precious report that permits one to assimilate some of those simple and basic principles which the self-taught at times come to know, yet only after years of groping and errors. The book furnishes information regarding discoveries which the actor can understand in...
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    Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992 (Chap. 9 "Secular Religions and Physical Spirituality: Jerzy Grotowski") » Read Now

    by Christopher Innes. 262 pgs.

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    Examining the development of avant garde theatre from its inception in the 1890s right up to the present day, Christopher Innes exposes a central paradox of modern theatre; that the motivating force of theatrical experimentation is primitivism. What links the work of Strindberg, Artaud, Brook and...
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    Acting (Re)considered: A Theoretical and Practical Guide (Chap. 12 "Bali and Grotowski: Some Parallels in the Training Process") » Read Now

    by Phillip B. Zarrilli. 396 pgs.

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    Acting (Re)Considered is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance. This second edition includes five new essays and has been fully revised and updated, with discussions by or about major figures who...
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    From Acting to Performance: Essays in Modernism and Postmodernism ("Therapeutic Theatre: Artaud and Grotowski" begins on p. 20) » Read Now

    by Philip Auslander. 174 pgs.

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    From Acting to Performance collects for the first time major essays by performance theorist and critic Philip Auslander. Together these essays provide a survey of the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic theatre of the 1960s to the ironic postmodernism...
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    The Future of Ritual: Writings on Culture and Performance (Discussion of Jerzy Grotowski begins on p. 245) » Read Now

    by Richard Schechner. 286 pgs.

    In The Future of Ritual , Richard Schechner explores the nature of ritualised behaviour and its relationship to performance and politics. A brilliant and uncontainable examination of cultural expression and communal action, it asks pertinent questions about art, theatre and the changing meaning of...
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