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Jerzy Grotowski / James Slowiak and Jairo Cuesta.

By: Slowiak, JamesContributor(s): Cuesta, JairoMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge performance practitionersPublication details: London : Routledge, 2007Description: xiv, 182 p. : ill., portsISBN: 9780203962749 (ebook)Subject(s): Grotowski, Jerzy, 1933-1999 -- Criticism and interpretation | Performing Arts | Theatre studies | Performance art | Theatre direction & production | DanceGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415258807Summary: This title demonstrates Jerzy Grotowski's significance and how his frank rhetoric, his revolutionary theories, his landmark productions, and pioneering cultural projects continue to cause controversy and provide fertile topics for discussion and further experimentation in theatre studios, classrooms, and on stage around the world. Written by two theatre professionals who worked intimately with Grotowski over the last twenty-five years of his life, this book fills a gap in the published writings about this master director and teacher. In this book, the writers demonstrate Grotowski's significance and how his frank rhetoric, his revolutionary theories, his landmark productions, and pioneering cultural projects continue to cause controversy and provide fertile topics for discussion and further experimentation in theatre studios, classrooms, and on stages around the world. The book introduces Grotowski to a new generation of theatre students, outlining his contributions to twentieth century performance and placing them in context and in perspective.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-174).

Discography: (p. 175).

Filmography: (p. 175).

This title demonstrates Jerzy Grotowski's significance and how his frank rhetoric, his revolutionary theories, his landmark productions, and pioneering cultural projects continue to cause controversy and provide fertile topics for discussion and further experimentation in theatre studios, classrooms, and on stage around the world. Written by two theatre professionals who worked intimately with Grotowski over the last twenty-five years of his life, this book fills a gap in the published writings about this master director and teacher. In this book, the writers demonstrate Grotowski's significance and how his frank rhetoric, his revolutionary theories, his landmark productions, and pioneering cultural projects continue to cause controversy and provide fertile topics for discussion and further experimentation in theatre studios, classrooms, and on stages around the world. The book introduces Grotowski to a new generation of theatre students, outlining his contributions to twentieth century performance and placing them in context and in perspective.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415258807

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