Description
Book SynopsisInside The Performance Workshop: A Sourcebook for Rasaboxes and Other Exercises is the first full-length volume dedicated to the history, theory, practice, and application of a suite of performer training exercises developed by Richard Schechner and elaborated on by the editors and contributors of this book. This work began in the 1960s with The Performance Group and has continued to evolve.
Rasaboxesa featured set of exercisesis an interdisciplinary approach for training emotional expressivity through the use of breath, body, voice, movement, and sensation. It brings together:
- the concept of rasa from classical Indian performance theory and practice
- research on emotion from neuroscience and psychology
- experimental and experiential performance practices
- theories of ritual, play, and performance
This book combines both practical how-to guidance and applications from diverse contexts including undergraduate and gradu
Table of Contents
Part I: History and Theory
1. Richard Schechner and Origins of The Performance Workshop
Cobina Gillitt and Michele Minnick
2. What is Rasa?
Shanti Pillai
3. Rasaesthetics
Richard Schechner
Part II: Practice
4. Inside The Performance Workshop
Paula Murray Cole, Michele Minnick, and Rachel Bowditch
Part III: Facilitating The Performance Workshop
5. Principles of The Performance Workshop: An Interview with Richard Schechner
With Paula Murray Cole, Michele Minnick, and Rachel Bowditch
6. The Unavoidable Guru: Roles of The Performance Workshop Leader
Scott Wallin
Part IV: Notes from the Field
7. Freeing Emotional Expression in Young Performers: Rasaboxes in K-12 Context
Elise Forier Edie
8. Psychophysical Preparation for the Rasaboxes with Strasberg and Stanislavski
Ursula Neuerburg
9. Adapting Rasaboxes to Rasa≈Therapy: Clinical Applications in Drama Therapy
Andrew M. Gaines
10. Rasaboxes, Drama Therapy, and Stability Through Dynamic Change: A Case Study
Dana Arie
11. Rasaboxes in the Training of Drama Therapists
Nisha Sajnani
12. Dancing on the Tongue
Erin B. Mee
13. Lights, Camera, Action! Rasaboxes Training and Coaching for Brazilian Telenovelas
Fernanda Guimarães
14. Character Building Through Rasaboxes: Staging Electra at Teatro Prometeo
Fernando Calzadilla
15. Experimenting with the Clown in Rasaboxes
Ana Achcar
16. Dramaturgy of the Emotions: The Performance Workshop and Rasaboxes in Directing Machinal
Rachel Bowditch
