Table of Contents

Chapter 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Part 1 THEORIES OF AND MEDITATIONS ON ACTING; Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Chapter 3 THE ACTOR'S PRESENCE, Bert O. States; Chapter 4 ON ACTING AND NOT-ACTING, Michael Kirby; Chapter 5 JUST BE YOUR SELF, Philip Auslander; Chapter 6 THE ACTOR'S EMOTIONS RECONSIDERED, Elly Konijn; Part 2 (RE)CONSIDERING THE BODY AND TRAINING; Chapter 7 INTRODUCTION, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Chapter 8 AN AMULET MADE OF MEMORY, Eugenio Barba; Chapter 9 MEYERHOLD'SETIENNE DECROUX'S PROMETHEAN MIME, Deidre Sklar; Chapter 11 ACTOR TRAINING IN THE NEUTRAL MASK, Sears A. Eldredge, Hollis W. Huston; Chapter 12 BALI AND GROTOWSKI, I Wayan Lendra; Chapter 13 CULTURE IS THE BODY, Tadashi Suzuki; Chapter 14 MY BODIES, Kathy Foley; Chapter 15 ON THE EDGE OF A BREATH, LOOKING, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Chapter 16 THE GARDZIENICE THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF POLAND, Paul Allain; Chapter 17 EFFECTOR PATTERNS OF BASIC EMOTIONS, Susana Bloch, Pedro Orthous, Guy Santibañez-H; Part 3 (RE)CONSIDERING THE ACTOR IN PERFORMANCE; Chapter 18 INTRODUCTION, Phillip B. Zarrilli; Chapter 19 BRECHT AND THE CONTRADICTORY ACTOR, John Rouse; Chapter 20 DARIO FO, Ron Jenkins; Chapter 21 FORUM THEATRE, Augusto Boal; Chapter 22 RESISTING THE ORGANIC, Lauren Love; Chapter 23 RACHEL ROSENTHAL CREATING HER SELVES, Eelka Lampe; Chapter 24 TASK AND VISION, Philip Auslander; Chapter 25 DAVID WARRILOW, Laurie Lassiter; Chapter 26 ROBERT WILSON AND THE ACTOR, Ellen Halperin-Royer; Chapter 27 ANNA DEAVERE SMITH;

About the Author

Phillip B. Zarrilli is internationally known for training actors in psychophysical process through Asian martial/mediation arts, and as a director. He is the author of numerous books and essays including: When the Body Becomes All Eyes (1998); Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play (1999); a co-author of Indian Theatre: Traditions of Performance and the editor of Asian Martial Arts in Actor Training.