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A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology
The Secret Art of the Performer
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About this book
First Published in 2005. A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology subtly juxtaposes visual demonstrations of the performer's craft, from a wealth of Eastern and Western sources. More than just a dictionary, this is a handbook for theatre practitioners and a guide for students and scholars of transcultural performance. It is the result of many years of research conducted by Eugenio Barba and the International School of Theatre Anthropology (ISTA) based in Denmark, and is now a classic foundational text. Whereas most Western research is concerned with naturalism and psychological realism in acting, the Dictionary focuses on the actor's arduous and eclectic craft. The Dictionary aims to expand our knowledge of the possibilities of the scenic body, and of the spectator's response to the dynamics of performance. The Dictionary has practical sections on balance, opposition and montage among other techniques, and discusses issues including The Text and the Stage, The Dilated Body and Energetic Language. This revised edition includes: three new chapters on Eurasian Theatre, Exercises and Organicity; 50 new photographs showing the performer's craft in black and white and colour; and, for the first time, a useful bibliography and index.
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Subtopic
Performing Arts
Note: Page numbers in italics indicate an illustration and/or information in a caption.
abacus: digital numeration152
absence 8, 194, 194, 225
abstract mime 94
academic stage 271
Académie Royale de la Danse226
acculturation 219, 219, 220, 220
acrobatics 8, 9, 49, 168, 186; exercises114, 116–117; training 282, 282, 284, 284, 285
acting: anatomy of23; and body 12–13; and dance 168; ‘great actors’ 208–209; organicity 206; performer’s view 288–299; rôle types 274; Stanislavsky’s system 170–173; technique 25, 219–220; Western theatre 103; see also scenic presence
action rhetoric 282, 284
actions: braking the action 88–90; and dramaturgy 66–69; ‘physical actions’ 112
Actors’ Studio 280
Adam and Eve montage 180–182, 181, 183, 184
Advayataraka Upanishad 28–29
Ahasuerus 54
Ahistedt, Borge275
Aleksandr Nevskij (film)178, 179
alienation effect 108, 219–220, 235
American Indians150, 151
amplification 268
anatomy 22–23, 37
ancient Greece10, 106, 107, 185; dance186, 188; martial arts 230, 231; tragedy 66, 1...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Anatomy
- Apprenticeship
- Balance
- Dilation
- Dramaturgy
- Energy
- Equivalence
- Eurasian Theatre
- Exercises
- Face and eyes
- Feet
- Hands
- Historiography
- Montage
- Nostalgia
- Omission
- Opposition
- Organicity
- Pre-expressivity
- Restoration of behaviour
- Rhythm
- Set and costume design
- Technique
- Text and stage
- Training
- Views
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Author Biographies
- Index