As part of Rose Bruford College’s Symposium 2013 -
Asking the Question, Questioning the answer
The Stanislavski Centre presents
The Stanislavski Centre/Routledge Annual lecture
Professor Phillip Zarrilli
The actor’s work on attention, awareness, imagination and ‘self’: toward a phenomenological account of acting process.
Our annual lecture, sponsored by Routledge provides an opportunity for us to welcome a major international figure to speak on a subject related to Stanislavski’s work and legacy. Our lecturer this year, Professor Philip Zarrilli, Artistic Director of THE LLANARTH GROUP, is internationally known for training actors in psychophysical process through Asian martial/meditation arts, and as a director/performer. He taught in the Drama Department at Exeter University between 2000-2010. His numerous books include Acting (Re)Considered, When the Body Becomes All Eyes, Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Comes to Play. Psychophysical Acting: an intercultural approach after Stanislavski, Zarrilli’s long-awaited book on the process of training actors through a psychophysical approach based on Asian martial arts and yoga was published in 2009 by Routledge and was selected the ATHE 2010 Outstanding Book of the Year.
His lecture begins by asking, given Stanislavsky’s constant search for ever more dynamic explanatory paradigms and frameworks for understanding the work of the actor in order to ‘live the role’, and his parallel search for how to utilize alternative paradigms in problem-solving specific problems of acting, what paradigms and/or frameworks might he have chosen today to inform his work with actors? This actor-friendly lecture will take us on a journey toward a ‘phenomenology of acting’ for the 21st century that takes account of exciting recent developments that combine post-Merleau-Ponty phenomenology, cognitive science, and enactment theory.
Sponsored by Routledge
The Rose Theatre, Monday 8th April @ 2.30
Tickets are FREE – BOOK NOW online @
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