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Phenomenology for Actors - Theatre-Making and the Question of Being (Paperback, New edition)
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Phenomenology for Actors - Theatre-Making and the Question of Being (Paperback, New edition)
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This book gives new insight into acting and theatre-making through
phenomenology (the study of how the world shows itself to conscious
experience). It examines Being-in-the-world in everyday life with
exercises for workshops and rehearsal. Each chapter explores themes
to guide the creative process through objects, bodies, spaces,
being with others, time, history, freedom and authenticity. Key
examples in the work are drawn from Chekhov’s The Cherry
Orchard, Sophocles’ Antigone and Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Practical tasks in each section explore how the theatrical event
can offer unique insight into Being and existence. In this way, the
book makes a bold leap to understand acting as an embodied form of
philosophy and to explain how phenomenology can be a rich source of
inspiration for actors, directors, designers and the creative
process of theatre-making. This original new book will provide new
insight into the practice and theory of acting, stimulate new
approaches to rehearsal and advance the notion of theatre making a
genuine contribution to philosophical discourse. The fundamental
task of the actor is to be on stage with purposeful action in the
given circumstances. But this simple act of ‘Being’ is not
easy. Phenomenology can provide valuable insight into the
challenge. For some time, scholars have looked to phenomenology to
describe and analyse the theatrical event. But more than simply
drawing attention to embodiment and the subjective experience of
the world, a philosophical perspective can also shed light on
broader existential issues of being. No specialist knowledge of
philosophy is required for the reader to find this
text engaging and it will be relevant for second-year
students and above at tertiary level. For postgraduates and
researchers, the book will provide a valuable touchstone for
phenomenology and performance as research. The book will appeal to
theatre and performance studies, and some applied philosophy
courses. The material is also relevant to studies in literary and
critical theory, cultural studies and comparative literature. The
work is relevant to The International Federation of Theatre
Research (IFTR/FIRT) (Performance and Consciousness), Performance
Studies International (psi) and the Performance Philosophy Research
Network — an influential and growing research field. Primary
markets for this book will be students (both at university and
conservatoires) and academics in theatre studies, as well as
practitioners and actors in training. The text will be useful to
students in units or modules relating to acting theory and
theatre-making processes, and which combine critical theory with
practical performance. It will also be useful for practitioners of
theatre looking to expand or inflect their own methods of
approaching performance.
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