ETRN Spring 2013 Research Presentations
European Approaches to Actor Training
Our premise is that European theatre is not a coherent formula of aesthetic and artistic practices but in fact a widespread landscape of many local contexts and discourses.
ETRN aims to:
- investigate the way that experimentation and innovation happens across broad European contexts ranging from repertory theatres to avant-garde laboratory groups.
- build on our combined research expertise in European theatre, which includes aspects of contemporary British practice.
- explore theoretical and practical connections across performance and geospatial borders.
- function as a link between non-English European theatre discourses and practices and the Anglophone world.
Areas of specialism include: performer training in Eastern and Western European contexts: Grotowski’s legacy ; mime; ensemble practice ; directing, dramaturgy, and theatre systems ; European performances of Shakespeare and other classics; dance theatre; European philosophy and performance studies.
ETRN staff span the European continent in our research interests: from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain through Germany, to Greece, Poland and Russia.
