Eugenio Barba / Jane Turner.

Author/creator Turner, Jane
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Descriptionxii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Subjects
Barba, Eugenio--Criticism and interpretation.
Odin teatret.

SeriesRoutledge performance practitioners
Contents The beginning of the journey -- In search of a lost theatre -- Building his own "home" -- Politics and resisting the "spirit of the times" -- A side-step look at ritual -- Theatre as an "empty ritual" -- Actors as floating islands -- A "small tradition" and NTL -- A "small tradition" and training -- Odin and the idea of "Third Theatre" -- "Third Theatre" as a global network -- The travelling time -- ISTA: the International School of Theatre Anthropology -- Eurasian Theatre -- Festuge -- What is it to be an actor? -- Training seasons and scores -- Dramaturgy -- To recap -- The present -- A final thought -- An impulse to act differently -- In pursuit of cultural performances -- Definitions and principles -- Energy and life in theatre -- Questions and criticisms -- Energy or, rather, the thought -- "Paths of thought" -- Leaps of thought and a search for meaning -- Building our own theatre -- "Canoes, butterflies and a horse" -- A final thought -- Synopsis of the Ego Faust performance -- Purpose of analysis -- Pavis's model -- Final thoughts -- Training -- Developing material -- Layering textual material: creating and working with performance scores -- Applying the Odin approach to a text: working with a play text.
Abstract "Eugenio Barba is recognized as one of the most important theatre practitioners working today. Along with the company he founded forty years ago, the world-acclaimed Odin Teatret, he continues to produce extraordinary theatre performances that tour the world, and his International School of Theatre Anthropology has greatly developed research into the craft of the actor. Now revised and updated, this volume reveals the background to and work of a major influence on twentieth- and twenty-first century performance. Eugenio Barba is the first book to combine: - an overview of Barba's work and that of his company, Odin Teatret - exploration of his writings and ideas on theatre anthropology, and his unique contribution to contemporary performance research - in-depth analysis of the 2000 production of Ego Faust, performed at the International School of Theatre Anthropology - a practical guide to training exercises developed by Barba and the actors in the company. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student"-- Provided by publisher.
General note"First pubished 2004, reissued 2018"--Title page verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018010690
ISBN9780815364191 (hardcover)
ISBN9780815364207 (softcover)
ISBNebook

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