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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Peter Brook"”.
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A Re-examination Of The 20th Century Intercultural Theatre: Peter Brook's The Mahabharata (1985) And Ong Keng Sen's Lear (1997)
… theatre by looking at two acclaimed productions: Peter Brook's The Mahabharata (1985) and Ong Keng Sen's Lear (1997). The first chapter is a historical analysis of intercultural theatre's emergence in the late 20th century, which explores the early experimentations, the pioneering works of …
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A search for primitive voice in post-modern theatre
… of the work of three directors: Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook, and Richard Schechner; the thesis moves to a case study of a 1991 production of Macbeth where primary research is documented. Focusing on the production of a language based on primitive culture, the theatrical community is furnished …
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The theatre of affect
… The Performance Group, The Open Theatre, Peter Brook, and Eugenio Barba. My aim has been to re-examine the work of these seven in order to produce evidence of their concern for affect, heightened experience, and the healing of mind-body schism. I propose that an understanding of these …
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Mnemodrama : Alessandro Fersen's parashamanic training technique for the occidental performer.
… of his more celebrated peers, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook, Richard Schechner and Eugenio Barba. This thesis combines academic research with two periods of observation of the mnemodrama in performance at Fersen's studio in Rome in 1990 and 1992. Subsequently, I was able to introduce Fersen and …
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Lunetas para Espaço Aberto: uma atriz em travessia poiética com Imagens
… Matteo Bonfitto, Fernando Pessoa, Paul Zumthor, Peter Brook, Sonia Rangel, entre outros.
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The Strange and the Familiar: Shakespeare as a Point of Anglo-Germanic Cultural Exchange
… purpose, is evident in the work of director Peter Brook. His career in post-WWII England, especially at the Royal Shakespeare Company, picks up on the same use of Shakespeare as a lens that is observable during the Third Reich. In Brook’s case, Shakespeare represents a familiar element that …
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Clarity without rigidity : urban performance landscape in Berlin
… being all the time in motion, in action ... " -- Peter Brook, The Empty Space. (1980). "What interests me is the opportunity for all of us to become something different from what we are, by constructing spaces that contribute something to the experience of who we are ... " -- Richard Serra, …
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The Way of Transformation (The Laban-Malmgren System of Dramatic Character Analysis)
… of the major figures of world theatre and film: Peter Brook, Pierce Brosnan, Simon Callow, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Adrian Noble among others. The dissertation is presented in two volumes: - Volume I sets the system in context, historically as well as in terms of current discourses about …
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Engaging and Evading the Bard: Shakespeare, Nationalism, and British Theatrical Modernism, 1900-1964
… Bernard Shaw, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, and Peter Brook, this dissertation argues that the inauguration of a specifically British theater, theatricality, and dramatic movement in the modernist period is absolutely contingent on a turn to Shakespeare, the icon par excellence of British drama, …
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Accessible theatre: the application of human ethology and innate neurobiological systems to full-masked devised theatre practice
… theatrical language proposed by practitioners Peter Brook and Tadeshi Suzuki, which has the potential to connect people ‘at the deepest levels of their humanity’ (Pavis, 1996: 6). Practical approaches adopted in the research are informed and supported by anthropological and human ethological …
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Creating and inhabiting heightened theatrical landscapes
… where I will place myself alongside director Peter Brook, and his theories on the director's role. In order for the actor to inhabit the Heightened Theatrical Landscape, I put forward David Rotenberg's acting system as my main director's tool for the process. After a short analysis of the …
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Spaces of Appearance: Writings on Contemporary Theatre and Performance
… directors: Jerzy Grotowski, Robert Wilson, Peter Brook and Ariane Mnouchkine. Section 2 draws on elements of contemporary philosophy and critical thinking to explore the mutable parameters of performance. lt proposes performative mappings of certain unpredictable, energetic events 'in …