{"product_id":"rethinking-religion-in-the-theatre-of-grotowski-9781138292260","title":"Rethinking Religion in the Theatre of Grotowski","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book opens a new interdisciplinary frontier between religion and theatre studies to illuminate what has been seen as the religious, or spiritual, nature of Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski's work. It corrects the lacunae in both theatre studies and religious studies by examining the interaction between the two fields in his artistic output. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central argument of the text is that through an embodied and materialist approach to religion, developed in the work of Michel Foucault and religious studies scholar Manuel Vasquez, as well as a critical reading of the concepts of the New Age, a new understanding of Grotowski and religion can be developed. It is possible to show how Grotowski's work articulated spiritual experience within the body; achieving a removal of spirituality from ecclesial authorities and relocating spiritual experience within the body of the performer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a unique analysis of one of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century's most famou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Grotowski and interdisciplinary engagements \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Rendering Grotowski’s spirituality: perspectives from performance and theatre studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: Foucault and Grotowski’s Theatre of Productions phase \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Foucault, religion and Grotowski \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 A Foucaultian imperative in Grotowski’s theatre \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: The New Age, the body and Grotowski\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Critical thinking about the New Age \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Grotowski, embodiment and the New Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Yoga, shamanism and ritual in Grotowski’s work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Trance, channeling and the ancestors in Grotowski’s theatre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Grotowski and Gurdjieff: embodied resemblances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Grotowski as Guru: an interdisciplinary challenge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577815961943,"sku":"9781138292260","price":137.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rethinking-religion-in-the-theatre-of-grotowski-9781138292260","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}