Phillip Zarrilli was a theatre scholar, teacher, actor trainer, actor, director and dramatist with particular specialisations in intercultural performance, actor training and contemporary acting. His life-long work took many different shapes as he wrote, taught and created work extensively around … Continue reading
Below I have posted a letter from Kaite O’Reilly regarding the recent passing of Phillip Zarrilli. While this may not be news to some of you, I wanted to pay tribute to Phillip on this platform in the most fitting … Continue reading
Inspired by Jerzy Grotowski but seeking his own pathway as a young theatre director working in Minneapolis, over forty years ago Phillip Zarrilli began a life-long project of exploring an alternative approach to the pre-performative training and preparation of the … Continue reading
A personal reflection of undertaking the psychophysical actor training developed by Phillip Zarrilli. Continue reading
Introduction by James McLaughlin Many trainers are used to writing – preserving their experiences, their systems of training, and their worldview in words. What is often forgotten is that there is more than one person in the studio, that the … Continue reading
TaPRA Performer Training Working Group Interim Event 24th April 2019, University of South Wales, Cardiff Campus, The ATRiuM Call deadline: March 15th
The editors of TDPT and of this special issue on intercultural training (7.3) are delighted to announce that it is now available online. Check it out here: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtdp20/current If you don’t have institutional access the articles by Electa Behrens and Tara McAlister-Viel … Continue reading
With Dr Deborah Middleton (Huddersfield), Dr Maria Kapsali (Leeds) and Dr Bernadette Cronin (Cork) Saturday 22nd October 2016, 0915 — 1715 There are a few places still available for this one-day event in which Bernadette Cronin, Maria Kapsali, and Deborah … Continue reading
Compiled by Grzegorz Ziółkowski Sophia Delza (1972): “The simultaneous use of mind and body is where the value [of Wu style of taijiquan] lies for the actor. The exercise frees the actor to become what [s]he needs or chooses to … Continue reading
Special issue: Martial Arts Re-Visited to be published in September 2022Call for contributions, ideas, proposals and dialogue with the editors Guest editors:Prof. Paul Allain, University of Kent, Canterbury ([email protected])and Prof. Grzegorz Ziółkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań ([email protected]).Training Grounds Editor: Thomas … Continue reading