Sujets :
Théâtre du geste - Critiques et interpretations
Théâtre du geste - Histoire
Théâtre - Philosophie et théorie
Théâtre du geste - Étude et enseignement
Jeu et interprétation
Mime - Critiques et interprétations
Commedia dell'arte
Expression corporelle
Direction d'acteurs
Burlesque (Théâtre)
Théâtre - Interculturalisme
Burgess, Hovey [acteur]

Dépouillement du document :
Introduction / John Keefe, Simon Murray

Section 1 : Genesis, contexts, namings
Claire Heggen goes fishing / Dick McCaw
My definition of theatre / Étienne Decroux
Altered states and subliminal spaces : charting the road towards a physical theatre / Ana Sanchez-Colberg
Performance epistemology / David E.R. George
Letter to M. d'Alembert on the Theatre / J-J. Rousseau
Theatre, humain beings / Augusto Boal
Body Techniques / Marcel Mauss
Morality / Terry Eagleton

Section 2 : Roots, routes
Roots or routes : the technical traditions of contemporary physical theatre / Jonathan Pitches

A) Deep traditions, classical and popular
The art of poetry / Aristotle
The performer / David Wiles
Irving / Alan S. Downer
Improvisation, methods and models / Jeff Pressing
Lazzi , the comic routines of the commedia dell'arte / Mel Gordon
A jewel on the nationa's arse / Jeff Nuttall
Sport, the aesthetic and art, further thoughts / Peter J. Arnold
Goodbye note from Joan / Joan Littlewood

B) Hybrid pathways
German expressionist acting / Mel Gordon
The theatre and the plague / Anaïs Nin
A statement / Allan Kaprow
Surviving the performance, an interview with Franko B. / Patrick Campbell, Helene Spackman
The angel'S hideout, between dance and theatre / Enrique Pardo

Section 3 : Contemporary practices
Gesturing towards post-physical performance / Franc Chamberlain
Introduction and east / Steven Berkoff
Act without words, a mime for one player / Samuel Beckett to music by John Beckett
Re-dressing the girls / Emilyn Claid
Bluebeard / Norbert Servos
Club of no regrets / Forced entertainment ; text by Tim Etchells
On Brith Gof, a Welsh Theatre Company / Mike Pearso, Cliff McLucas, John Keefe, Simon Murray
MAG, the next five years 1997-2002 / Franc Chamberlain

Section 4 : Preparation and trianing
Refraiming the journey / Lorna Marshall
Photo essay, sports / Etienne Decroux , photographs by Étienne Bertrand Weil
To the actor , a pratical guide to the application of Michael Chekhov psychological gesture technique/ Michael Chekhov
The articulate body, the physical trainning of the actor / Annie Dennis
Movement technique / Jacques Lecoq
Circus and the actor , an interview with Hovey Burgess / Myra Felner
Moving / Yoshi Oida, Lorna Marshall

Section 5 : Physicality and the word
Physical theatre and text / Phelim McDermott
On every theatre / Bertolt Brecht
Rockaby and the art of inadvertent interpretation and considerations of acting in the early plays / Jonathan Kalb
A shared experience, the actor as story-teller / Mike Alfreds
US "narrative one" and "narrative two" / Albert Hunt and Michael Kustow
Comedians / Trevor Griffiths
"Introductory essay" , "Beautiful", "Sunday" / Robert Kimball, Stephen Sondheim

Section 6 : Bodies and cultures
Assembling our differences, bridging identities in motion in intercultural performance / David Williams
Introduction, toward a theaory of interculturalism / Patrice Pavis
Pre-expressivity / Eugenio Barba, Nicola Savarese
The world as a can opener / Peter Brook
What is art? / C.L.R. James
Oreintalism now / Edward W. Said

Résumé :
Ouvrage de référence incontournable afin d'explorer en profondeur l'histoire, la démarche artistique et le processus de création des acteurs et metteurs en scène de théâtre du geste par le biais d'une multitude d'articles d'artistes et critiques de renom. [ENC]

Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École nationale de cirque

Localisation : Bibliothèque

Cote : 792.028 071 M961p 2007

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