Becoming Someone’s Son: reflections about organon, technique and tradition in Grotowski’s work

Authors

  • Daniel Reis Plá (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria – Santa Maria, Brasil) Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Keywords:

Organon, Technique, Tradition, Theater, Grotowski

Abstract

Organon is a main definition to understand the research led by Grotowski in his final years, questioning some of the keywords related to his theatrical practice. This text aims to ref lect on the actor’s technique based on Grotowski’s definition of organon, addressing it as an operational concept from which it is possible to think about the relationship between theater, technique and tradition.

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Author Biography

Daniel Reis Plá (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria – Santa Maria, Brasil), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Sou professor no departamento de artes cênicas da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM).Graduado no curso de Bacharelado Em Artes Cênicas - Interpretação Teatral pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (2002), cursei o mestrado e doutorado em Artes pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Atualmente desenvolvo pesquisa ligada ao diálogo entre budismo, meditação e teatro, em especial no que se refere aos processos de formação e criação ligados ao ator. Membro do GT etnocenologia da ABRACE e do GT Performance and Religion da International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR).

Published

2022-10-16

How to Cite

Plá (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria – Santa Maria, Brasil), D. R. (2022). Becoming Someone’s Son: reflections about organon, technique and tradition in Grotowski’s work. Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies, 3(1), 144–163. Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/33291

Issue

Section

Grotowski Dossier