Rethinking Religion in the Theatre of Grotowski by Catharine Christof PDF

By Catharine Christof

ISBN-10: 1138292265

ISBN-13: 9781138292260

This publication opens a brand new interdisciplinary frontier among faith and theatre reviews to light up what has been visible because the non secular, or non secular, nature of Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski’s paintings. It corrects the lacunae in either theatre experiences and spiritual stories through interpreting the interplay among the 2 fields in his inventive output.



The principal argument of the textual content is that via an embodied and materialist method of faith, built within the paintings of Michel Foucault and non secular stories student Manuel Vasquez, in addition to a severe studying of the techniques of the hot Age, a brand new realizing of Grotowski and faith could be constructed. it really is attainable to teach how Grotowski’s paintings articulated religious event in the physique; attaining a elimination of spirituality from ecclesial gurus and moving non secular adventure in the physique of the performer.



This is a special research of 1 of the 20th Century’s most renowned theatrical figures. As such, it's a very important reference for teachers in either faith and Theatre reviews that experience an curiosity within the religious features of Grotowski’s work.

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