On training and performance : traces of an Odin teatret actress /
Roberta Carreri ; translated and edited by Frank Camilleri ; [foreword by Frank Camilleri].
- xx, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Originally published in Italian as Tracee: training e storia di un'attrice dell'Odin Teatret by Titivillus Edizioni, 2007.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. I story and the training -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Milan and some dates -- 3. Holstebro and Carpignano Salentino -- 4. transmission of experience -- 5. Exercises and principles -- 6. Slow motion -- 7. Composition -- 8. Introversion and extroversion -- 9. Denmark -- 10. Geronimo and street theatre -- 11. Sources of inspiration -- 12. Dialogue with tiredness -- 13. Segmentation -- 14. Being decided -- 15. Thought in action -- 16. Improvisations -- 17. Individual improvisation -- 18. Composing a character -- 19. little digression into private life -- 20. Marble -- 21. Meeting the Asian masters -- 22. Judith -- 23. Notes on improvisation -- 24. voice in training and in performance -- 25. Salt -- 26. Our chronic life -- 27. Metamorphosis -- 28. Photographs: a gallery of characters -- pt. II workshop -- 29. 'The Dance of Intentions' -- pt. III Perspectives -- 30. memory not only for and by itself -- a note on methodology / Francesca Romana Rietti -- 31. Backward steps -- epilogue / Nando Taviani.
Interwoven with photographic documentation and a wealth of biographical information, this handbook reveals the professional secrets of an Odin Teatret actor as well as the story of a life of work, research, and passion.