The Art of Stillness: The Theater Practice of Tadashi Suzuki

This is the first major look at one of theater's most important innovators, Tadashi Suzuki. For over forty years, Tadashi Suzuki has been a unique and vital force in both Japanese and Western theater, creating and directing many internationally acclaimed productions. Often these were part of the Toga International festival, which he founded in 1982, and include his most famous production, The Trojan Women, which subsequently toured throughout the world. Suzuki is also well-known for his work with another great of the contemporary theatre, Peter Brook. An intergral part of Suzuki's work has been the development and teaching of his rigorous and, for some, controversial training system, the Suzuki method, whose principles have also been highly influential in contemporary theater. The Art of Stillness is an important new book that charts the career and work of one of the contemporary theater's most important artists. It is a must-read for theatergoers interested in the beauty and poignancy of movement and its ability to convey a story.

(Source: The Art of Stillness blurb)

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