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Etienne Decroux / Thomas Leabhart.
Van Pelt Library PN1986.D43 L43 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leabhart, Thomas, author.
- Series:
- Routledge performance practitioners
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decroux, Etienne, 1898-1991.
- Decroux, Etienne.
- Mimes--France--Biography.
- Mimes.
- Mime.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 164 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Etienne Decroux is the primary creator of corporeal mime and one of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators, known for his ground-breaking use of the body as the principal means of expression. This second edition combines: an overview of Decroux's life and work, an analysis of Decroux's Words on Mime, the first book to be written about this art, a series of practical exercises offering an introduction to corporeal mime technique As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A Promethean life
- Summary and analysis of words on mime
- Decroux as director/creator : how did Decroux make a performance?
- Corporeal mime technique: practical exercises with immediate applications.
- Notes:
- First edition published by Routledge 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138598799
- 1138598798
- 9781138598812
- 113859881X
- OCLC:
- 1050143622
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