Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical TheatreIn Through the Body, Dymphna Callery introduces the reader to the principles behind the work of key practitioners of 20th-century theater including Artaud, Grotowski, Brook and Lecoq. She offers exercises that turn their theories into practice and explore their principles in action. |
Contents
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Preparing the Body | 17 |
UnMasking the Actor | 43 |
The Playful Body | 69 |
The Sentient Body | 115 |
Devising | 157 |
The Physical Text | 195 |
Appendix | 217 |
Endnotes | 219 |
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