Name: Psychophysical Acting By Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)
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Psychophysical Acting Summary

Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski by Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)

Psychophysical Acting is a direct and vital address to the demands of contemporary theatre on today's actor. Drawing on over thirty years of intercultural experience, Phillip Zarrilli aims to equip actors with practical and conceptual tools with which to approach their work. Areas of focus include:

an historical overview of a psychophysical approach to acting from Stanislavski to the present
acting as an 'energetics' of performance, applied to a wide range of playwrights: Samuel Beckett, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Kaite O'Reilly and Ota Shogo
a system of training though yoga and Asian martial arts that heightens sensory awareness, dynamic energy, and in which body and mind become one
practical application of training principles to improvisation exercises.

Psychophysical Acting is accompanied by Peter Hulton's downloadable resources featuring exercises, production documentation, interviews, and reflection.

Psychophysical Acting Reviews

'Being taken step-by-step through these highly evocative and fascinating exercises and concepts of actor training by a master such as Zarrilli certainly qualifies as essential reading.' - David Zinder

'An Essential Study' - Anne Hill

'The exercises and concepts used in the book are amplified to great effect by the accompanying DVD-ROM, which is very well done and adds extended video and audio clips that demonstrate what his hands-on work looks like in training and performance.' - Anne Hill

'Zarrilli's latest book reveals that rare breed of scholar-practitioner able to transition seamlessly between theory and praxis' - Rachel Bowditch, The Drama Review

'The book proposes a radical paradigm shift within undergraduate and graduate acting and directing training and should be required reading for performers, directors, and theatre educators. It has the potential to transform the field in significant wasy by offering a new understanding of what constitutes engaging performance and actor training in the 21st century' - Rachel Bowditch, The Drama Review

'Being taken step-by-step through these highly evocative and fascinating exercises and concepts of actor training by a master such as Zarrilli certainly qualifies as essential reading.' - David Zinder, Tel Aviv University, Israel

'The book proposes a radical paradigm shift within undergraduate and graduate acting and directing training and should be required reading for performers, directors, and theatre educators. It has the potential to transform the field in significant ways by offering a new understanding of what constitutes engaging performance and actor training in the 21st century' - Rachel Bowditch, The Drama Review

About Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)

Phillip Zarrilli is internationally known for training actors in psychophysical process through Asian martial arts and yoga, and as a director/actor. He is the founding Artistic Director of The Llanarth Group based in West Wales, UK. He is also Professor of Performance Practice at Exeter University. His many publications include Acting Reconsidered (2002), Kathakali Dance-Drama (2000), and co-author of Theatre Histories: An Introduction (2006).

Foreword by Eugenio Barba. A preface in three voices. Introduction: a psychophysical approach to acting Part 1: What is the actor's work? 1. Historical context 2. Beginning with the breath 3. An enactive approach to acting and embodiment Part 2: Work on oneself 4. The source traditions: yoga, kalarippayattu, and taiqiquan 5. The psychophysical actor's I can 6. Exercises for playing in-between: structured improvisations Part 3: Production case studies 7. The Beckett Project 8. The Water Station by Ota Shogo 9. Speaking Stones: Images, voices, fragments ... from that which comes after, with Text by Kaite O'Reilly and German translation by Frank Heibert 10. 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane 11. Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp

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GOR006920475

ISBN 13

9780415334587

ISBN 10

0415334586

Title

Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski by Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)

Author

Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

20080930

Number of pages

258

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Psychophysical Acting Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)

Psychophysical Acting by Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)

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Psychophysical Acting Summary

Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski by Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)

Psychophysical Acting Reviews

About Phillip B. Zarrilli (University of Exeter, UK)

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