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ISTA 7, Brecon, Cardiff 1992: Performances East & West. Fictive Bodies, Dilated Minds, Hidden Dances
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Field or Humus? Between ISTA (1980) & LAFLIS (2023)
Full text linkThe creation in Lecce (Italy) in October 2023 of the LAFLIS, Living Archive Floating Islands, on the initiative of the Fondazione Barba Varley and the Regione Puglia is discussed in relation to the sessions of the International School of Theatre Anthropology (ISTA), founded and directed by Eugenio Barba in 1980, and their role as fertile ground for the ethnoscenology manifesto (1995). Dedicated to Barba's work, Odin Teatret and Third Theatre, LAFLIS is a dynamic, original and stimulating installation artwork dedicated to memory, transmission and creation for researchers and artists alike. As a corollary, the lesson that emerges encourages us to reconsider the field diaries of ethnologists and anthropologists, which often give rise to infertile and revealing misunderstandings, as was the case for Bronis?aw Malinowski
Anthropological Theatre: an Introduction
Full text link Introduction to the dossier "Anthropological Theatre
Grotowski, Barba and the Actor's Identity
Full text linkThis lecture on the identity of the actor was held on 27 September 2021 in Meetings on Third Theatre and Theatre Anthropology organised in Brazil by Ricardo Gomes (Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto), Gilberto Icle (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) and Fernando Mencarelli (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Points of Contact: between Anthropology and Theater, Again
Full text linkA version of this essay appeared shortly after Victor Turner's death in Schechner's volume Between Theatre and Anthropology, with the title Points of Contact Between Anthropological and Theatrical Thought (Routledge, London and New York 1985, pp. 3-33). In this new version Schechner attempts to broaden Turner's ideas on liminality and does so by adding three more points of contact to the original list of six, a circumstance which allows him to analyze the performative qualities of the Paleolithic caveman, to reinterpret the ancient theory of Sanskrit performance in a contemporary key, to analyze the techniques through which Grotowski stimulates and brings alive the body-memory. In conclusion, referring to his notes detailing the seminar he co-led at the New York University in 1978 (with Turner, Erving Goffman, and Alexander Alland), Schechner shares memories of his collaboration with the Turners. The full version of this essay has been published in Experiential and Performative Anthropology in the Classroom, edited by Pamela R. Frese and Susan Brownell (Routledge, London and New York 2020, pp. 21-37)
Floating in the Voice Universe: Power and Variety of Vocal Expression
No full textExperiences and demands at the ISTA in Bologna 1990 concerning practical vocal activities, interpretations of compositions and improvisations as well as systematic and theoretical reflections on phonation and vocal styles resulted in a complex catalogue of vocal techniques and expressions. Scholars can use it to analyse performances. Speakers, actors, singers and vocal artists may use it as a manual for exercises and inspiration of sound colours
The Objectivity of Seeing
Full text linkNicola Savarese, Eugenio Barba’s collaborator for many years, describes the part- nership that left the most tangible sign in the elaboration of two books: A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology (1982) and The Five Continents of Theatre. Facts and Legends of the Actor’s Material Culture (2018). In narrating the complex and long gestation of the two books, Savarese points out how the need to have richly illustrated books gradually emerged: a wide choice of images build a convincing visual discourse alongside the words. The effective examples given here underline how the power of images allow readers of theatre history books to see the objective aspect of the subjects dealt wit
ISTA 4: Animus/Anima: The Actor's Energy
Full text linkText written by Eugenio Bara on the occasion of ISTA 4 to present the theme of the session
Identidad o avasallamiento
Full text linkThe text (“Identity or subjugation”) is an excerpt from the chapter Ame?rica Latina originally published in Spanish in Patricia Cardona’s book Diario de una danza por la antropologi?a teatral en Ame?rica Latina (Mexico City, Quinta del Agua Ediciones, 2012, p. 66-71). It describes the transformative experience of the author during the ISTA session in Salento in 1987 as well as Odin Teatret’s impact on the theatre identity of Latin American independent groups