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The unwritten Grotowski : theory and practice of the encounter / Kris Salata.

By: Salata, Kris [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 26.Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2013Description: xvi, 220 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415534031 (hbk.) :; 9780203078969 (ebook) :Subject(s): Grotowski, Jerzy, 1933-1999 -- Criticism and interpretation | Performing arts -- Philosophy | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 792'.0233'092 Summary: This book gives a new view on the legacy of Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), one of the central, and yet misunderstood, figures who shaped 20th-century theatre, focusing on his least known last phase of work on ancient songs and the craft of the performer. Salata posits Grotowski's work as philosophical practice, and more particularly, as practical research in the phenomenology of being, arguing that Grotowski's departure from theatrical productions resulted from his uncompromising pursuit of one central problem, 'What does it mean to reveal oneself?'
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book gives a new view on the legacy of Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), one of the central, and yet misunderstood, figures who shaped 20th-century theatre, focusing on his least known last phase of work on ancient songs and the craft of the performer. Salata posits Grotowski's work as philosophical practice, and more particularly, as practical research in the phenomenology of being, arguing that Grotowski's departure from theatrical productions resulted from his uncompromising pursuit of one central problem, 'What does it mean to reveal oneself?'

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