Action Theater: The Improvisation of PresenceEach chapter of this book presents a single day of the twenty-day training which Ruth Zaporah developed into Action Theater, her investigation into the life-reflecting process of improvisation. This book shows through exercises, stories, anecdotes, and metaphors how to focus attention on the body's awareness of the present moment, moving away from preconceived ideas. Improvisations move through fear, boredom, laziness, and distraction to a sustained awareness of creative options. |
Contents
FormContent | 1 |
The Bodys Voice | 13 |
A Way to Proceed Body Imagination Memory | 23 |
Composition | 39 |
InnerOuter | 57 |
Pretend to Pretend | 71 |
The Body of Language 58888 | 87 |
Transformation | 103 |
Response | 143 |
A Scene | 155 |
Action as Sign | 167 |
Beyond SelfBig Awareness | 179 |
Freedom | 193 |
Relationship | 205 |
Practice | 221 |
Stalk | 233 |
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