Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre

by Dymphna Callery

Overview

Physical Theater is emerging as a vibrant, influential and increasingly popular approach to theater performance. In 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.

This book takes the form of a series of workshops that include

• Preparation of the Body
• Maskwork
• Presence
• Complicite
• Sound
• Emotion

Through the Body also includes a thorough bibliography and a contact list of training courses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780011172
Publisher:	Hern, Nick Books
Publication date:	08/21/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Dymphna Callery is Head of the Drama Department at Wolverhampton University. A published playwright and poet, she has performed and taught throughout the United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Section I: Preparing the Body. Section II: Unmasking the Actor. Section III: The Playful Body. Section IV: The Sentient Body. Section V: Devising. Section VI: The Physical Text. Appendix. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index.