Conscious theatre practice : yoga, meditation and performance /

"In Conscious Theatre Practice: Yoga, Meditation, and Performance, Lou Prendergast charts a theatre research project in which the notion of Self-realisation and related contemplative practices, including Bikram Yoga and Vipassana meditation, are applied to performance. Coining the term 'Co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prendergast, Lou (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2022]
Colección:Consciousness, literature & the arts ; 58.
Temas:
Theater > Psychological aspects.
Consciousness.
Meditation.
Yoga.
Consciousness
Yoga
Théâtre > Aspect psychologique.
Conscience.
Méditation.
Yoga (philosophy)
Meditation
Theater > Psychological aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Part 1 Research
  • Chapter 1 Know Thyself: Conscious Theatre Practice as Self-Realisation Process
  • 1 Know Thyself
  • 2 Social Self
  • 3 Feminist Self
  • 4 Sick Self
  • 5 Outline of Chapters
  • Chapter 2 Bodymind: Yoga, Meditation and Theatre Practice
  • 1 Bodymind
  • 2 Philosophical Contexts of Yoga and Meditation
  • 3 Conscious Theatre Practitioners
  • 4 Konstantin Stanislavski
  • 5 Nicolás Núñez
  • 6 Peter Brook
  • 7 Jerzy Grotowski
  • Chapter 3 Research Approaches: From Embodied Knowledge to Self-Reflexivity
  • 1 Practice as Research
  • 2 Autoethnography
  • 3 Immersive Contemplative Practice (icp)
  • 4 icp as Fieldwork
  • 5 Journal Entry Critique
  • Chapter 4 Immersive Contemplative Practice: Vipassana Meditation Courses and Bikram Yoga Teacher Training
  • 1 Vipassana
  • 2 Bikram Yoga Teacher Training
  • Chapter 5 Three C's Research Model: Conscious Craft, Conscious Casting, Conscious Collaborations
  • 1 The Three C's Research Model
  • 1.1 Conscious Craft
  • 1.2 Conscious Casting
  • 1.3 Conscious Collaborations
  • 2 Higher States of Theatre Consciousness
  • Part 2 Practice
  • Chapter 6 Blood Lines (2014): United in Diversity: 'But Who Could Resist You Dad?'
  • 1 Conscious Casting: Blood Lines
  • 2 Narrative
  • 3 Staging
  • 4 Ensemble
  • 5 'Fierce and Self-Searching Reflection'
  • Chapter 7 Tommy's Song (2015): Imagining Masculinities: 'Kickin' an Stampin!'
  • 1 Conscious Craft: Tommy's Song
  • 2 Writing
  • 3 Casting
  • 4 Directing
  • 5 Performance
  • 6 'Childhood Poverty and Family Dysfunction'
  • Chapter 8 awkward: A Life in Twenty-Six Postures (2016): Love Changes Everything: 'Compassion, Not Passion'
  • 1 Conscious Collaborations: Awkward
  • 2 Ensemble
  • 3 Staging
  • 4 Performance
  • 5 'A Space for Reflection
  • A Space for Sharing'
  • Chapter 9 Findings, Lessons and Learnings
  • 1 Research Recapitulations
  • 2 Outcomes for Theatre Practice
  • 3 Black Star Projects Manifesto
  • 4 ctp Antagonisms and Limitations
  • 5 Implications
  • 6 Applications
  • 7 Back to My Future
  • Afterword
  • Blood Lines
  • Tommy's Song
  • Scene One
  • Scene Two
  • Scene Three
  • Scene Four
  • Awkward: A Life in Twenty-Six Postures
  • Characters
  • Cast
  • Scene One
  • Scene Two
  • interval
  • Scene Three
  • Scene Four

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