Meeting at La Sapienza: or, On the Cultivation of Onions

Revised and elaborated from responses to questions during the final two days of a seminar at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Biagini's talk traces the early stages of his 13 years of work alongside Grotowski and Thomas Richards, evoking both the importance of craft in the practice of Art as vehicle and its subtle interior processes, as well as the unique process of transmission from Grotowski to Richards. Biagini reflects on the application of Stanislavsky's method of physical actions, the construction of an actor's score, the central importance of traditional song in the Workcenter's ongoing practice, and on the work initiated in 1998 with four actresses from Singapore.