Actors And The Art Of Performance: Under Exposure (performance Philosophy)
by Susanne Granzer /
2016 / English / PDF
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Actors and the Art of Performance: Under Exposure combines the
author's two main biographical paths: her professional commitment
to the fields of both theatre and philosophy. The art of acting
on stage is analysed here not only from the theoretical
perspective of a spectator, but also from the perspective of the
actor. The author draws on her experience as both a theatre actor
and a university professor whose teachings in the art of acting
rely heavily on her own experience and also on her philosophical
knowledge. The book is unique not only in terms of its content
but also in terms of its style. Written in a multiplicity of
voices, the text oscillates between philosophical reasoning and
narrative forms of writing, including micro-narratives, fables,
parables, and inter alia by Carroll, Hoffmann and Kleist. Hence
the book claims that a trans-disciplinary dialogue between the
art of acting and the art of philosophical thinking calls for an
aesthetical research that questions and begins to seek
alternatives to traditionally established and ingrained formats
of philosophy.
Actors and the Art of Performance: Under Exposure combines the
author's two main biographical paths: her professional commitment
to the fields of both theatre and philosophy. The art of acting
on stage is analysed here not only from the theoretical
perspective of a spectator, but also from the perspective of the
actor. The author draws on her experience as both a theatre actor
and a university professor whose teachings in the art of acting
rely heavily on her own experience and also on her philosophical
knowledge. The book is unique not only in terms of its content
but also in terms of its style. Written in a multiplicity of
voices, the text oscillates between philosophical reasoning and
narrative forms of writing, including micro-narratives, fables,
parables, and inter alia by Carroll, Hoffmann and Kleist. Hence
the book claims that a trans-disciplinary dialogue between the
art of acting and the art of philosophical thinking calls for an
aesthetical research that questions and begins to seek
alternatives to traditionally established and ingrained formats
of philosophy.