Conscious theatre practice : yoga, meditation and performance / Lou Prendergast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prendergast, Lou, author.

Series:

Consciousness, Literature and the Arts ; 58.

Consciousness, Literature and the Arts ; 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Meditation.

Yoga.

Theater--Psychological aspects.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill Rodopi, [2021]

Summary:

In Conscious Theatre Practice: Yoga, Meditation, and Performance , Lou Prendergast charts a theatre research project in which the notion of Self-realisation and related contemplative practices, including Bikram Yoga and Vipassana meditation, are applied to performance. Coining the term 'Conscious Theatre Practice', Prendergast presents the scripts of three publicly presented theatrical performances, examined under the 'three C's' research model: Conscious Craft (writing, directing, performance; Conscious Casting; Conscious Collaborations. The findings of this autobiographical project fed into a working manifesto for socially engaged theatre company, Black Star Projects. Along the way, the research engages with methodological frameworks that include practice-as-research, autoethnography, phenomenology and psychophysical processes, as well immersive yoga and meditation practice; while race, class and gender inequalities underpin the themes of the productions.

Contents:

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Part 1 Research

Chapter 1 Know Thyself: Conscious Theatre Practice as Self-Realisation Process

1 Know Thyself

2 Social Self

3 Feminist Self

4 Sick Self

5 Outline of Chapters

Chapter 2 Bodymind: Yoga, Meditation and Theatre Practice

1 Bodymind

2 Philosophical Contexts of Yoga and Meditation

3 Conscious Theatre Practitioners

4 Konstantin Stanislavski

5 Nicolás Núñez

6 Peter Brook

7 Jerzy Grotowski

Chapter 3 Research Approaches: From Embodied Knowledge to Self-Reflexivity

1 Practice as Research

2 Autoethnography

3 Immersive Contemplative Practice (icp)

4 icp as Fieldwork

5 Journal Entry Critique

Chapter 4 Immersive Contemplative Practice: Vipassana Meditation Courses and Bikram Yoga Teacher Training

1 Vipassana

2 Bikram Yoga Teacher Training

Chapter 5 Three C's Research Model: Conscious Craft, Conscious Casting, Conscious Collaborations

1 The Three C's Research Model

1.1 Conscious Craft

1.2 Conscious Casting

1.3 Conscious Collaborations

2 Higher States of Theatre Consciousness

Part 2 Practice

Chapter 6 Blood Lines (2014): United in Diversity: 'But Who Could Resist You Dad?'

1 Conscious Casting: Blood Lines

2 Narrative

3 Staging

4 Ensemble

5 'Fierce and Self-Searching Reflection'

Chapter 7 Tommy's Song (2015): Imagining Masculinities: 'Kickin' an Stampin!'

1 Conscious Craft: Tommy's Song

2 Writing

3 Casting

4 Directing

5 Performance

6 'Childhood Poverty and Family Dysfunction'

Chapter 8 awkward: A Life in Twenty-Six Postures (2016): Love Changes Everything: 'Compassion, Not Passion'

1 Conscious Collaborations: Awkward

2 Ensemble

4 Performance.

5 'A Space for Reflection

A Space for Sharing'

Chapter 9 Findings, Lessons and Learnings

1 Research Recapitulations

2 Outcomes for Theatre Practice

3 Black Star Projects Manifesto

4 ctp Antagonisms and Limitations

5 Implications

6 Applications

7 Back to My Future

Afterword

Blood Lines

Tommy's Song

Scene One

Scene Two

Scene Three

Scene Four

Awkward: A Life in Twenty-Six Postures

Characters

Cast

interval

Bibliography

Additional Web Resources

Index of Names.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Prendergast, Lou Conscious Theatre Practice

ISBN:

90-04-46792-0

OCLC:

1262691639

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004467927 DOI