Acting (Re)Considered is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance. This second edition includes five new essays and has been fully revised and updated, with discussions by or about major figures who have shaped theories and practices of acting and performance from the late nineteenth century to the present. The essays - by directors, historians, actor trainers and actors - bridge the gap between theories and practices of acting, and between East and West. No other book provides such a wealth of primary and secondary sources, bibliographic material, and diversity of approaches. It includes discussions of such key topics as:
* how we think and talk about acting
* acting and emotion
* the actor's psychophysical process
* the body and training
* the actor in performance
* non-Western and cross-cultural paradigms of the body, training and acting. Acting (Re)Considered is vital reading for all those interested in performance.
Edited by:
Phillip B. Zarrilli
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 860g
ISBN: 9780415263009
ISBN 10: 041526300X
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 24 October 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
Primary
,
A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Part 1 THEORIES OF AND MEDITATIONS ON ACTING; Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Chapter 3 THE ACTOR'S PRESENCE, Bert O. States; Chapter 4 ON ACTING AND NOT-ACTING, Michael Kirby; Chapter 5 JUST BE YOUR SELF, Philip Auslander; Chapter 6 THE ACTOR'S EMOTIONS RECONSIDERED, Elly Konijn; Part 2 (RE)CONSIDERING THE BODY AND TRAINING; Chapter 7 INTRODUCTION, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Chapter 8 AN AMULET MADE OF MEMORY, Eugenio Barba; Chapter 9 MEYERHOLD'SETIENNE DECROUX'S PROMETHEAN MIME, Deidre Sklar; Chapter 11 ACTOR TRAINING IN THE NEUTRAL MASK, Sears A. Eldredge, Hollis W. Huston; Chapter 12 BALI AND GROTOWSKI, I Wayan Lendra; Chapter 13 CULTURE IS THE BODY, Tadashi Suzuki; Chapter 14 MY BODIES, Kathy Foley; Chapter 15 ON THE EDGE OF A BREATH, LOOKING, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Chapter 16 THE GARDZIENICE THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF POLAND, Paul Allain; Chapter 17 EFFECTOR PATTERNS OF BASIC EMOTIONS, Susana Bloch, Pedro Orthous, Guy Santibañez-H; Part 3 (RE)CONSIDERING THE ACTOR IN PERFORMANCE; Chapter 18 INTRODUCTION, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Chapter 19 BRECHT AND THE CONTRADICTORY ACTOR, John Rouse; Chapter 20 DARIO FO, Ron Jenkins; Chapter 21 FORUM THEATRE, Augusto Boal; Chapter 22 RESISTING THE ORGANIC, Lauren Love; Chapter 23 RACHEL ROSENTHAL CREATING HER SELVES, Eelka Lampe; Chapter 24 TASK AND VISION, Philip Auslander; Chapter 25 DAVID WARRILOW, Laurie Lassiter; Chapter 26 ROBERT WILSON AND THE ACTOR, Ellen Halperin-Royer; Chapter 27 ANNA DEAVERE SMITH;
Phillip B. Zarrilli is internationally known for training actors in psychophysical process through Asian martial/mediation arts, and as a director. He is the author of numerous books and essays including: When the Body Becomes All Eyes (1998); Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play (1999); a co-author of Indian Theatre: Traditions of Performance and the editor of Asian Martial Arts in Actor Training.
