Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners

Anna Halprin traces the life's work of this radical dance-maker, documenting her early career as a modern dancer in the 1940s through to the development of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form. Now revised and reissued, this book: Sketches the evolution of the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop, exploring Halprin's connections with the avant-garde theatre,...

Bertolt Brecht’s methods of collective experimentation, and his unique framing of the theatrical event as a forum for change, placed him among the most important contributors to the theory and practice of theatre. His work continues to have a significant impact on performance practitioners, critics and teachers alike. Now revised and reissued, this book combines: An overview of the key...

Etienne Decroux is the primary creator of Corporeal Mime and one of modern theatre’s most charismatic innovators, known for his ground-breaking use of the body as the principal means of expression on stage. This second edition combines: - An overview of Decroux’s life and work. - An analysis of Decroux’s Words on Mime, the first book to be written about...

As one of the most well-known names in theatre history, Konstantin Stanislavsky’s teachings on actor training have endured throughout the decades, influencing scholars and practitioners even in the present day. This second edition of Konstantin Stanislavsky combines: An overview of Stanislavsky’s life and work, including recent discoveries An assessment of his widely read text, An Actor Prepares (1936) with comparisons...

Marina Abramović is the creator of pioneering performance art that transcends the form’s provocative origins. Her visceral and extreme performances have tested the limits of both body and mind, communicating with audiences worldwide on a personal and political level. Updated and revised throughout, the book combines: A biography, setting out the contexts of Abramović’s work. An examination of the artist...