An Acrobat of the Heart
A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski
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- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2000
Summary
Courageous and compelling, an invaluable resource for actors, directors, and teachers that can open a pathway to inner creativity.
“The actor will do, in public, what is considered impossible.” When the renowned Polish director Jerzy Grotowski began his 1967 American workshop with these words, his students were stunned. But within four weeks they themselves had experienced the “impossible.”
In An Acrobat of the Heart, teacher-director-playwright Stephen Wangh draws on Grotowsk…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375706721 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375706720 |
| Author: | Stephen Wangh |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2000 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 134mm x 202mm |
| Series: | Vintage Originals |
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Critics Review
“Stephen Wangh is a wonderful acting teacher. He has distilled his life’s study of the actor’s body in the creative act into a practical journey for the reader. Best of all, the book is a useful guide for an actor’s daily work in the studio.” —Anne Bogart, director
“An indispensable book for anyone studying modern theater. Stephen Wangh is a master teacher.“—Moisés Kaufman, playwright
“Steve Wangh places students at the center and emboldens them to do what they did not think possible.” —Mary Schmidt Campbell, Dean, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
“Steve Wangh possesses a unique ability to combine penetrating insight and rigorous demands with a level of compassion and respect that honors the autonomy and integrity of each acting student.” —Kevin Kuhlke, Chair, Tisch Drama, New York University
“There are many people now who teach Grotowski’s work, but none do it in such clear, direct, expansive and still provocative and appropriately mysterious ways as Steve Wangh.” —Erica Fae, Yale School of Drama
“When I first read An Acrobat of the Heart, I was floored by how the comprehensive content kinaesthetically engaged my imagination just by reading it.” —Budi Miller, Co-Artistic Director, Theatre of Others, Melbourne
Stephen Wangh
Stephen Wangh
Stephen Wangh is a director, acting teacher, and the author of fifteen plays. He was Associate Writer for The Laramie Project (Emmy nomination 2002), a co-writer of The People’s Temple (Glickman Award: Best Play in the Bay Area 2005), and dramaturg of Moises Kaufman’s Gross Indecency. His latest play, Misconceptions, premiered in New York in May 2023.
Wangh is the author of two books about teaching acting: An Acrobat of the Heart: A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski and The Heart of Teaching: Empowering Students in the Performing Arts. He has taught acting at Emerson College, Naropa University, and NYU, where he is now Arts Professor Emeritus. In recent years, Wangh has also trained actors in Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, and at the Freedom Theatre in Jenin, Palestine. He lives in Brattleboro, VT.
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