
The Paper Canoe
A Guide to Theatre Anthropology
Eugenio Barba(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 1994
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-0-415-10083-0 (ISBN)
Description
An enormously exciting, beautifully written and very moving work. The Paper Canoe comprises a fascinating dialogue with such masters of theatre as Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Craig, Copeau, Brecht, Artand and Decroux.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-10083-0 (9780415100830)
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Person
Eugenio Barba is the Founder and Director of Odin Teatret, and Director of the International School of Theatre Anthropology. He is also Examining Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark and the author of Beyond the Floating Islands and The Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology. Richard Fowler, Artistic Director of Primus Theatre in Canada, has also translated A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer by Eugenio Barba and Nicola Savarese (1991) and The Actor's Way (1993).
Content
Preface 1 THE GENESIS OF THEATRE ANTHROPOLOGY 2 DEFINITION 3 RECURRING PRINCIPLES 4 NOTES FOR THE PERPLEXED (AND FOR MYSELF) 5 ENERGY, OR RATHER, THE THOUGHT 6 THE DILATED BODY: Notes on the search for meaning 7 A THEATRE NOT MADE OF STONES AND BRICKS 8 CANOES, BUTTERFLIES AND A HORSE