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this book is indispensable for any theatre library. It represents some of the most exciting and widely applicable research in the area of theatre anthropology, indeed, it may well be the most important book on acting technique since Barba edited Grotowski's Towards a Poor Theatre. <br>- Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism <br>. . . the entries in the Dictionary are fascinating flashbulbs, shedding light on myriad ways of performing--breathing in noh, eye movement in kathakali, balance in Indian bharatanatyam . . . For actors grounded in 20th-Century American realism, this plethora of body-based . . . information could prove (literally) eye-opening. Particularly persuasive is Schechner's essay on restoration of behavior'. <br>- American Theatre <br>

this book is indispensable for any theatre library. It represents some of the most exciting and widely applicable research in the area of theatre anthropology, indeed, it may well be the most important book on acting technique since Barba edited Grotowski's Towards a Poor Theatre. - Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism . . . the entries in the Dictionary are fascinating flashbulbs, shedding light on myriad ways of performing--breathing in noh, eye movement in kathakali, balance in Indian bharatanatyam . . . For actors grounded in 20th-Century American realism, this plethora of body-based . . . information could prove (literally) eye-opening. Particularly persuasive is Schechner's essay on restoration of behavior'. - American Theatre

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