FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W921231314> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W921231314 abstract "This thesis opens a new interdisciplinary frontier between religion and theatre studies to illuminate what has been seen as the religious or spiritual nature of Jerzy Grotowski’s theatrical work. The thesis corrects the lacunae in both theatre studies and New Age studies by examining the interaction between the two in Grotowski’s work. It argues that through an embodied, materialist approach to religion, developed in the work of Foucault and Vasquez, and a critical reading of the concepts of the New Age, a new understanding of Grotowski and religion can be developed. The central thesis argument is that by following discussions of the embodied and materialist understanding of religion and the New Age it is possible to show how Grotowski’s work articulated spiritual experience within the body; achieving a removal of spirituality from ecclesial authorities and relocating spiritual experience within the body of the performer. The thesis maps the specific dynamics of the relation between the body and the spiritual in ways which previous research on Grotowski has failed to do. It also shows how Grotowski became, in part, a spiritual teacher through his directing work, and contributed to an embodied spirituality of the New Age. The thesis begins with a brief historical mapping of religion and the theatre, not least to contextualize the interdisciplinary discrepancy in studies of Grotowski. It then unfolds a two-pronged analysis of Grotowski’s theatre work from the perspective of studies of religion, embodiment and the New Age. In Part One, I apply the critical thinking of French poststructuralism, linked in particular to the work of Michel Foucault, to Grotowski’s work. This shows how body and spirit are united in Grotowski’s thinking, and facilitates a new opening to the embodied spirituality of the New Age. Part Two then seeks to achieve a repositioning of theatre studies in a new dialogue with religious studies by looking at the later phases of Grotowski’s work through the lens of the New Age movement; detailing specific dynamics of the New Age that are at present not coherently appreciated in Grotowski’s theatre work. This section begins by critically assessing the concept of New Age and maps the active interface between the final four phases of Grotowski’s theatre work and the New Age through four frames: initially through the work of religious studies historian Steven Sutcliffe; then through the combined work of religious studies sociologists Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead; through the work of religious studies esotericist Wouter Hanegraaff; and finally through a lens that explores the embodied spiritual work of G.I. Gurdjieff and the numerous similarities between his work and Grotowski’s. The thesis establishes six key facets of the New Age as they have appeared in Grotowski’s work: a primacy of focus on the self, interests in yoga, ritual, shamanism, channeling and the presence of the ancestors. Such a correlation between the New Age and Grotowski occurs because of the redefinitions of the body and spirit, and the importance of the body as it has been renegotiated in religious scholarship on poststructuralism and the body; through a renegotiation that occurs through the New Age movement; and through the work of religious studies sociologist Manuel Vasquez’s reconstruction of a holistic form of embodied materiality in religion. This inclusion of the body in the context of spiritual experience provides the location through which Grotowski’s theatre work can be framed as spiritual. This thesis provides a new perspective on Grotowski’s work for theatre scholarship, exploring one of its heroes in the light of religious movements of the late twentieth century, and corrects a key lacuna within the field of modern scholarship on religious studies. Grotowski and his work have never been effectively recognized as playing a major part within the New Age movement or new explorations of spirituality. This omission is evident both in terms of the effect that the burgeoning New Age movement has had on his work, as well as in the legacy his work has left on the New Age itself. This study provides a fresh perspective for modern religious studies scholars, identifying a new forum within which to explore the effect of the New Age movement, as well as by expanding the remit of its pioneering New Age leaders. The thesis overall demonstrates how thinking about Grotowski’s work and legacy can be enriched through a new dialogue between religion and theatre studies, and how the centrality of the body becomes the key for understanding this relationship." @default.
• W921231314 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W921231314 creator A5000535729 @default.
• W921231314 date "2015-01-01" @default.
• W921231314 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
• W921231314 title "'Heart of the flame' : rethinking religion and the theatre work of Jerzy Grotowski" @default.
• W921231314 doi "https://doi.org/10.22024/unikent/01.02.47716" @default.
• W921231314 hasPublicationYear "2015" @default.
• W921231314 type Work @default.
• W921231314 sameAs 921231314 @default.
• W921231314 citedByCount "0" @default.
• W921231314 crossrefType "dissertation" @default.
• W921231314 hasAuthorship W921231314A5000535729 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C100609095 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C107038049 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C111472728 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C126322002 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C142362112 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C142724271 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C144218379 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C153349607 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C163286209 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C204787440 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C514793146 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C523419034 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C540679656 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C70789860 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C71924100 @default.
• W921231314 hasConcept C98184364 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C100609095 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C107038049 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C111472728 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C126322002 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C138885662 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C142362112 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C142724271 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C144024400 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C144218379 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C153349607 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C163286209 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C204787440 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C514793146 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C523419034 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C540679656 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C70789860 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C71924100 @default.
• W921231314 hasConceptScore W921231314C98184364 @default.
• W921231314 hasLocation W9212313141 @default.
• W921231314 hasOpenAccess W921231314 @default.
• W921231314 hasPrimaryLocation W9212313141 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W1486015756 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W1541805298 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2034517348 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W204737291 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2067124840 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2091378689 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2468146744 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2735607067 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2772709980 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2780292966 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2789925290 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2806694123 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2885037695 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2911500221 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2914886223 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2972441080 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2994791166 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W306586327 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W568971327 @default.
• W921231314 hasRelatedWork W2183105785 @default.
• W921231314 isParatext "false" @default.
• W921231314 isRetracted "false" @default.
• W921231314 magId "921231314" @default.
• W921231314 workType "dissertation" @default.