tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89178195933031726612011-04-21T20:45:20.158-07:00empty_hamzahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977368831108129387noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917819593303172661.post-7444382368815999902009-01-09T21:15:00.000-08:002009-01-09T21:22:01.739-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_94d9_Iv0fiY/SWgwVwjKi5I/AAAAAAAAAAs/norgPX68A8M/s1600-h/silat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_94d9_Iv0fiY/SWgwVwjKi5I/AAAAAAAAAAs/norgPX68A8M/s200/silat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289530912714427282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_94d9_Iv0fiY/SWgwVkbsoRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/BobzCWUzMXo/s1600-h/poster+racau+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_94d9_Iv0fiY/SWgwVkbsoRI/AAAAAAAAAAk/BobzCWUzMXo/s200/poster+racau+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289530909461881106" border="0" /></a><br /><h3><span class="mw-headline"><i>The Empty Space</i></span></h3> <p>Peter Brook's book <i>The Empty Space</i> was a highly influential piece of work. It consists of 4 parts, each describing a version of the notion and nature of theatre. Each section is an adaptation of a speech he gave at various Universities. For this reason this book has an accessible, fluid tone.</p> <p>The opening couple of sentences are extremely widely quoted:</p> <blockquote> <p>I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all I need for an act of theatre to be engaged.</p> </blockquote> <p>This quote has become something of a mantra for practitioners of site-specific theatre, and also for those working with devising..</p> <p><i>The Empty Space</i> strips theatre down to the bare bones of what performance is, rejecting the necessity for traditional theatre spaces, elements or forms in themselves, and placed a huge emphasis on the direct relationship between actor and audience. These ideas are shared with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Grotowski" title="Jerzy Grotowski">Jerzy Grotowski</a>.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8917819593303172661-744438236881599990?l=emptyspacehamzah.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>empty_hamzahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977368831108129387noreply@blogger.com5