Book
(Toward) a phenomenology of acting
Abstract
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.
Publication details
Publisher: Routledge
Place: London
Year: 2019
Pages: 320
ISBN (hardback): 9781138777675
ISBN (paperback): 9781138777682
Full citation:
Zarrilli Philip (2019) (Toward) a phenomenology of acting. London, Routledge.