Cover illustration: Production shot taken during rehearsals at the Arches Theatre, Glasgow, July 2015. Photography by Tim Courtney. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Prendergast, Lou, author.
Title: Conscious theatre practice : yoga, meditation and performance / by Lou Prendergast.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2022] | Series: Consciousness, literature and the arts, 1573-2193 ; vol. 58 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “In Conscious Theatre Practice: Yoga, Meditation, and Performance, Lou Prendergast charts a theatre research project in which the notion of Self-realisation and related contemplative practices, including Bikram Yoga and Vipassana meditation, are applied to performance. Coining the term ‘Conscious Theatre Practice’, Prendergast presents the scripts of three publicly presented theatrical performances, examined under the ‘three C’s’ research model: Conscious Craft (writing, directing, performance; Conscious Casting; Conscious Collaborations. The findings of this autobiographical project fed into a working manifesto for socially engaged theatre company, Black Star Projects. Along the way, the research engages with methodological frameworks that include practice-as-research, autoethnography, phenomenology and psychophysical processes, as well immersive yoga and meditation practice; while race, class and gender inequalities underpin the themes of the productions”– Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021028148 (print) | LCCN 2021028149 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004467910 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004467927 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Theater–Psychological aspects. | Consciousness. | Meditation. | Yoga.
Classification: LCC PN2051 P74 2021 (print) | LCC PN2051 (ebook) | DDC 792.01/9–dc23
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ISSN 1573-2193
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