The Paper Canoe: A Guide to Theatre Anthropology

by Eugenio Barba

Overview

An enormously exciting, beautifully written and very moving work. The Paper Canoe comprises a fascinating dialogue with such masters of theatre as Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Craig, Copeau, Brecht, Artand and Decroux.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415100830
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/15/1994
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Eugenio Barba is the Founder and Director of Odin Teatret, and Director of the International School of Theatre Anthropology. He is also Examining Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark and the author of Beyond the Floating Islands and The Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology. Richard Fowler, Artistic Director of Primus Theatre in Canada, has also translated A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer by Eugenio Barba and Nicola Savarese (1991) and The Actor’s Way (1993).

Table of Contents

Preface 1 THE GENESIS OF THEATRE ANTHROPOLOGY 2 DEFINITION 3 RECURRING PRINCIPLES 4 NOTES FOR THE PERPLEXED (AND FOR MYSELF) 5 ENERGY, OR RATHER, THE THOUGHT 6 THE DILATED BODY: Notes on the search for meaning 7 A THEATRE NOT MADE OF STONES AND BRICKS 8 CANOES, BUTTERFLIES AND A HORSE