ABSTRACT
This chapter of two case studies examines contemporary intercultural theatre practice from two Korean actors’ perspectives in the process of co-creating playing “the maids”. Jeungsook Yoo analyses selected intercultural aspects embedded in actor training, devising/rehearsing period and microscopic moments of acting on-stage. It focuses on the application of Korean meditation, DahnHak, its key concept of ki, Korean salpuri dance and its underlying sentiment of han to the practice of acting in playing “the maids”. Sunhee Kim examines her process of creating an intercultural “character” through a Korean-Buddhist perspective. In particular, through the notion of same/different in Wonhyo’s dongyilon and jigwan practice, Kim examines the actor’s process of negotiating cultural particularities.
