The Paper Canoe

Barba, Eugenio

ISBN 10: 0415116740 / ISBN 13: 9780415116749

Published by Routledge, London, 1995

About this Item

SUBTITLED : ` A Guide to Theatre Anthropology '. Translated by Richard Fowler. Using the German concept of Wanderlehre - the learning journey - the author has brought elements of Japanese No and Indian `kathakali' performance, for example, to inform actor (actress) training for Northern Europeans. The author of these 187 UNillustrated pages, including INDEX, is noted for founding, in 1979, the ISTA. Read more about : Odin Teatret, dramaturgy, 1914 Studio, io-in, gehen,Tomasso Salvini, liang-xiang, Uber-Marionette, scenography, Holstebro, and Eugeni Vakhtangov. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue, orange, and black with orange lettering. Front cover graphic is a b/w photo of Torben Huss acting on stage. Minimal wear at fore points. Edges sharp. Spine fine, volume square. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Colours bright. Almost giftable !! Quote (p. 100) : " The rhythm of `those who are acting' does not surge, does not quiver, neither accelerates nor slows down. It is a river current which flows implacably, yet seems, to my attentive eyes, to be still. This stillness stirs up ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Paper Canoe
• Publisher: Routledge, London
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415116740
• ISBN 13: 9780415116749
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First (English).
• Condition: Very Good ++
• Seller catalogs:
  • Performing Arts

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Synopsis

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.

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).