An Acrobat of the Heart by Stephen Wangh

Best Seller

An Acrobat of the Heart

Name: An Acrobat of the Heart
Price: 19.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Stephen Wangh
ISBN: 9780375706721

Paperback $19.00

Published on Sep 19, 2000 | 384 Pages

Buy from Other Retailers:

$19.00

Published on Sep 19, 2000 | 384 Pages

Buy from Other Retailers:

Courageous and compelling, an invaluable resource for actors, directors, and teachers that can open a pathway to inner creativity.

“The actor will do, in public, what is considered impossible.” When the renowned Polish director Jerzy Grotowski began his 1967 American workshop with these words, his students were stunned. But within four weeks they themselves had experienced the “impossible.”

In An Acrobat of the Heart, teacher-director-playwright Stephen Wangh draws on Grotowski’s insights and on the work of Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, and others to bridge the gap between rigorous physical training and practical scene and character technique. Wangh’s students give candid descriptions of their struggles and breakthroughs, demonstrating how to transform these remarkable lessons into a personal journey of artistic growth.

“Stephen Wangh is a wonderful acting teacher. He has distilled his life’s study of the actor’s body in the creative act into a practical journey for the reader. Best of all, the book is a useful guide for an actor’s daily work in the studio.” —Anne Bogart, director

“An indispensable book for anyone studying modern theater. Stephen Wangh is a master teacher.”—Moisés Kaufman, playwright

“Steve Wangh places students at the center and emboldens them to do what they did not think possible.” —Mary Schmidt Campbell, Dean, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

“Steve Wangh possesses a unique ability to combine penetrating insight and rigorous demands with a level of compassion and respect that honors the autonomy and integrity of each acting student.” —Kevin Kuhlke, Chair, Tisch Drama, New York University

“There are many people now who teach Grotowski’s work, but none do it in such clear, direct, expansive and still provocative and appropriately mysterious ways as Steve Wangh.” —Erica Fae, Yale School of Drama

“When I first read An Acrobat of the Heart, I was floored by how the comprehensive content kinaesthetically engaged my imagination just by reading it.” —Budi Miller, Co-Artistic Director, Theatre of Others, Melbourne

Author

Stephen Wangh

STEPHEN WANGH, is a director, acting teacher and the author of fifteen plays. He was Associate Writer for The Laramie Project (Emmy nomination 2002), a co-writer of The People’s Temple (Glickman Award: Best Play in the Bay Area 2005), and dramaturg of Moisés Kaufman’s Gross Indecency. His latest play, Misconceptions, premiered in New York in May, 2023.Steve is the author of two books about teaching acting: An Acrobat of the Heart, a Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski and The Heart of Teaching: Empowering Students in the Performing Arts. He has taught acting at Emerson College, at Naropa University, and at NYU, where he is now Arts Professor Emeritus. During the past few years, Steve has also been training actors in Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and at the Freedom Theatre in Jenin, Palestine. He lives in Brattleboro, VT. www.stephenwangh.com

Learn More

An Acrobat of the Heart

Related Genres

You May Also Like

The Pen Commandments

Writing in Pictures

Minimal New York City

Beyond the Writers’ Workshop

QUARTET PLAYING,ART OF

The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, Updated and Expanded Edition

A Dream of Passion

The New Face of Jazz

The Off-Hollywood Film Guide

Santa vs. Satan

Success!

By Stephen Wangh