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Gnostic Anointed as College Chair: Grotowski's Theatrical Anthropology at the Collège de France
No full textThis article reconstructs Jerzy Grotowski's theatrical anthropology based on a series of nine lectures, La "lignée organique" au théâtre et dans le rituel, that he gave at the Collège de France in Paris between 1997 and 1998. In these lectures, Grotowski reported on the dis- coveries he had made on his creative journey along the border of theatre and ritual. At the core of Grotowski's research, which can be described as "the science of doing", was the intention of inducing in the doer a flow of energy. As in alchemy, the inner process followed by the doer in the state of organicity is inextricably linked with his or her body. In this state, the doer is an ánthropos, a total being. This image lies at the centre of Grotowski's theatrical anthropology, an anthropology whose perspective is far removed from that of social or cultural anthropology; it is in fact the perspective of gnosis
Restoration of Behavior
Full text linkTaking as reference the ethno-anthropological studies given by Erving Goffman and Victor Turner, Schechner analyzes the methods and dynamics of the transition from daily behavior to restored behavior and does so by examining both different ritual traditions and the workshop-rehearsals processes that are triggered in the field of dance and theater. This article, in its full version, appeared for the first time in 1981 in the journal Studies in Visual Communication 7 (3), pp. 2-45
In the Kitchen. Franca Rame and Her Theatre Technique
Full text linkFranca Rame belonged to a family with a theatre tradition going back to the 17th century. Franca Rame's words are edited in this article to tell her story and give space to her technical advice, besides presenting the original text of The Rape with its English translation
Jerzy Grotowski's 1997-1998: Conferences at Collège de France
Full text linkThe original text by Virginie Magnat has been edited by Leszek Kolankiewicz into this condensed version specifically for this publication. Reported here are nine conferences that Jerzy Grotowski gave at the Collège de France in Paris on themes of organic art and artificial methods, physical actions, impulses and energy, inner search and trance
Encuentro Internacional de Teatro Antropológico
Full text linkThe International Meeting of Anthropological Theatre took place in Bahía Blanca, Argentina 6-12 April 1987. This text was published in Memoria del teatro combatiente: Teatro Alianza, Teatro para el Hombre, Teatro Laboratorio. Bahía Blanca 1969-1989 by Coral Aguirre, 1st Edition Bahía Blanca: Editorial de la Universidad Nacional del Sur. EdiUNS 2015, pp. 213-219. The book was dedicated to the memory of Dardo Aguirre, Néstor Castelnuovo, Mónica Morán, Juan Carlos Torresi, Graciela Petersen, Alfredo Bellomi, Ernesto Malisia, Olga Vallasciani, José Crespo, Roberto Martínez, Victor de Rosa, Horacio Rodríguez, Jorge Chiaradía, Eugenio Campos, Álvaro Andrenacci, Fortunato Jorge
Anthropological Theatre
Full text linkThis text was written by Eugenio Barba on April 12th, 1987, in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, during the Encuentro Internacional de Teatro Antropológico (International Meeting of Anthropological Theatre) organised by Teatro Alianza with theatre groups from Latin America and Europe. Here Barba identifies the differences between theatre anthropology and anthropological theatre. Barba's text first appeared in English within an article by Ian Watson, Third Theatre in Latin America in The Drama Review: TDR, Winter 1987, 31 (4): 18-24
Ethology and Theater
Full text linkIn this writing Schechner examines the convergences between human and animal behaviors. Using an ethological point of view, i.e. applying the evolutionary theory to the analysis of behavior and culture, the American scholar identifies common dynamics which at several levels govern both animal and human performances. The full version of this article was originally published in Essays on Performance Theory, 1970-1976 (Drama Book, New York 1977, pp. 157-201)
Underscores & Subtexts: The Turbulence of Hidden Streams
No full textThis dossier style essay offers a candid account of the proceedings (certainties and perplexities) and a detailed description of the genesis of the 7th session of ISTA held in Brecon and Cardiff in Wales, UK, 4 -11 April 1992: its modus operandi, form and function (including statements on underscore and scenarios for improvisations), extracts and summa- ries from the conference, and an honest appraisal of the failure to realise what was envisaged as an ambitious, longer-term, Eurasian Theatre Project. In the chronicles of ISTA an account of the 7th session has not been fully recorded, even though the ground-breaking research on sub-score and underscore has subsequently underpinned perspectives and programmes. The 7th session of ISTA was problematic on several levels especially during the practical sessions in Brecon when the predominantly British theatre directors began to question ISTA's approach and methodology, and friction arose between the 'Anglo-Saxon' artists-scholars and the Italian theatrologists
