(toward) a phenomenology of acting / Phillip Zarrilli ; with a foreword by Evan Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zarrilli, Phillip B., 1947-2020, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acting--Philosophy.

Acting.

Physical Description:

xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Toward a phenomenology of acting

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"In (toward) a phenomenology of acting, Phillip Zarrilli considers acting as a 'question' to be explored in the studio, and then reflected upon. This book is a vital response to Jerzy Grotowski's essential question: "How does the actor 'touch that which is untouchable?'" Phenomenology invites us to listen to "the things themselves", to be attentive to how we sensorially, kinaesthetically, and affectively engage with acting as a phenomenon and process. Using detailed first-person accounts of acting across a variety of dramaturgies and performances from Beckett to newly co-created performances to realism, it provides an account of how we 'do' or practice phenomenology when training, performing, directing, or teaching. Zarrilli brings a wealth of international and intercultural experience as a director, performer, and teacher to this major new contribution both to the practices of acting, and how we can reflect in depth on those practices. An advanced study for actors, directors, and teachers of acting that is ideal for both the training/rehearsal studio and research, (toward) a phenomenology of acting is an exciting move forward in the philosophical understanding of acting as an embodied practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

First person accounts of embodied practice: sensing as "living communication"

The lived/living bodymind

Attention and perception in action

Subjectivity, self, character, and figure in performance

The voicing body and sonorous speech

Imagining

Toward an intersubjective ethics of acting

Afterword: Coda to no end

Appendix: An historical note on phenomenology, and suggested further reading

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Zarrilli, Phillip, (toward) a phenomenology of acting

ISBN:

9781138777675

1138777676

9781138777682

1138777684

OCLC:

1108783871

Publisher Number:

40029567690