ABSTRACT

In Through the Body, Dymphna Callery introduces the reader to the principles behind the work of key practitioners of 20th-century theater including Artaud, Grotowski, Brook and Lecoq. She offers exercises that turn their theories into practice and explore their principles in action.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter |25 pages

Preparing the Body

chapter |26 pages

(Un)masking the Actor

chapter |46 pages

The Playful Body

chapter |42 pages

The Sentient Body

chapter |38 pages

Devising

chapter |21 pages

The Physical Text