On Improvisation: Nine Conversations with Roberto Ciulli - Couverture souple

Bartula, Malgorzata; Schroer, Stefan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9052011850 ISBN 13 : 9789052011851

Editeur : European Interuniversity Press, 2003

Synopsis

Roberto Ciulli is one of the most exciting and provocative theatre directors of our time. In these conversations he expounds the transformative ideas on theatrical improvisation which have challenged actors and audiences alike to rethink what they understand the nature of theatre practice to be. Using examples from more than twenty years of innovative performances with the Theater an der Ruhr, he describes the workshop process, the long-term personal commitment, and the political and aesthetic concepts driving his view of theatre as an agent of social change. His pioneering espousal of internationalisation as a basic principle of contemporary theatre work has won him great acclaim, particularly for his intercultural "Silk Road Project" with theatre companies in Central Asia. "It is not possible for us to know what the next three minutes will bring. You know certain things, but the space for improvisation in one human being's day is immeasurably greater. Even if what you are doing is routine, and one might say you have no free space to improvise – precisely at that point you notice that improvisation is taking place here too. You do the same thing every morning, and yet it is not the same. You perform the same actions, but they are different." (Roberto Ciulli) These conversations have been translated by Geoffrey Davis, who teaches at the University of Aachen.

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À propos de l'auteur

The Authors : Malgorzata Bartula began working at the Theater an der Ruhr in 1994, initially as assistant in the drama department and as head of theatre in education. In 1997 she founded the Youth Theatre, which she directed until the end of the 1999/2002 season. She then became assistant director to Roberto Ciulli. Since 2001 she has been working freelance. Stefan Schroer spent a period as trainee director at the Theater an der Ruhr during the 1996/1997 season. He now works as a freelance literary manager in Düsseldorf and Duisburg.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: European Interuniversity Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9052011850
• ISBN 13: 9789052011851
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 164
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