Performing with the Dead - Trances and Traces

A methodology for incorporating concepts drawn from ancestor trance in Afrolatinx ritual for actors trained in Western methods. Working toward an understanding of the performer's lived experience while performing, drawing on knowledge of trance in Lukumí and Palo Monte and examining how the ontologies speak to each other. 12 b&w illus.

About the author

Christopher "Kit" Danowski is a senior lecturer in performance at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Summary

A methodology for incorporating concepts drawn from ancestor trance in Afrolatinx ritual for actors trained in Western methods. Working toward an understanding of the performer’s lived experience while performing, drawing on knowledge of trance in Lukumí and Palo Monte and examining how the ontologies speak to each other. 12 b&w illus.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher ‘Kit’ Danowski, Christopher ‘Kit’ Danowski, Christopher 'Kit' Danowski
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.2024
• EAN: 9781835950197
• ISBN: 978-1-83595-019-7
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 735 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Shamanism, North America, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, The arts, Theatre Studies, Performance Art, Other non-Christian religions, Afro-American / African diaspora religions