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Phenomenology for actors : theatre-making and the question of being / Daniel Johnston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, Daniel, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acting--Philosophy.
- Acting.
- Phenomenology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, England : Intellect Ltd, [2021]
- Summary:
- This book explores how phenomenology - the study of how the world shows itself to conscious experience - can provide new insights into acting and theatre-making. It explores Being-in-the-world in everyday life with practical exercises for rehearsal and performance. 7 b/w illus.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Frontispieces
- Phenomenology for Actors: Theatre- Making and the Question of Being
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Epigra[ph
- Table of contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Text
- 1 Beginnings: Being There
- Touching hands with Being
- What is phenomenology?
- Performance and phenomenology
- Philosophers on stage
- Mapping the self
- 2 Phenomenology: Being-in-the-World
- Some background terms
- Space and bodies
- The history of Being
- Destruktion and the text
- From theory to practice
- Observe a walk
- Observe stillness
- Scrutinize an object
- Chart a place well known to you
- Unpack a place where you feel at home
- Dissect a familiar activity
- Describe a person
- Recount a time when you struggled to communicate
- Demonstrate a moment when you had an unusual experience of time
- Stage a life choice
- Recreate the instant in which your life was threatened
- Text-Character-Performance
- 3 Being-with Others: The Cherry Orchard
- Equipment
- Involvement
- Touch
- Being elsewhere
- Other people
- 4 Authenticity and Freedom: Antigone
- Falling
- Moods and faring
- Thrownness and projection
- Fate and destiny
- 5 Time and Resoluteness: Hamlet
- Timeliness
- Having a history
- Being-a-whole
- Resoluteness
- Being-towards-death
- 6 Possibilities: Aletheia
- On the essence of truth in theatre
- Poetry, language, theatre
- Building, dwelling, theatre
- The question concerning theatre technology
- Ereignis
- References
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781789384116
- 1789384117
- 9781789384109
- 1789384109
- OCLC:
- 1261366350
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