Reviews for Acrobat of the Heart: A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski

The average rating for Acrobat of the Heart: A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-29 00:00:00 Desiree Delay This was another book I ended up reading for a class this semester. I read it for what was probably my favorite class of the semester, Movement for the Stage. I loved learning about the exercises inspired by Grotowski's work with the Polish Laboratory Theatre. It really helped in my acting journey to finally find a way to connect my body to my mind and voice when I act. I just wish I had found this book a couple years earlier before I lost some of my joy for acting and decided to follow a different career path. If I'd read this book two years ago I probably would even now be planning on being an actress. The plastiques were a great way for me to find a really strong acting presence and I'm sad that I won't get to explore it much moving forward with my life.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-06-24 00:00:00 Russell Smith This is one of the best acting books I have ever read. Steven Wangh shows actors how to approach practical material in a most impractical way. He uses the non-traditional physical work of Jerzy Grotowski as a way to enliven and awken the actor's instrument in approaching contemporary works. Some of the exercises were familiar to me and some were totally new and very different than what I have been exposed to in my training. I found Wangh's book very insightful as it offered such a fresh and exciting way to work. He uses a lot of the principles expounded upon by not just Grotowski but such theater luminaires as Anne Bogart, Krisitn Linklater, Yoshi Oida, as well as other pioneers in new millineum training techniques. This book is for actors ready to awaken their bodies, minds, and souls in order to free themselves and achieve their ultimate creative potential.