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June 01 2018
The Laboratory Instinct
Eugenio Barba
Eugenio Barba
After working with Jerzy Grotowski for three years in Poland, Eugenio Barba (1936, Italy) created Odin Teatret in 1964 in Oslo and moved with it as a laboratory to Holstebro, Denmark, in 1966. He founded the International School of Theatre Anthropology (ISTA) in 1979. He has directed more than 70 productions with his theatre and the intercultural ensemble Theatrum Mundi. Author of a dozen books, his most recent publication, together with Nicola Savarese, is The Five Continents of the Theatre: Facts and Legends about the Material Culture of the Actor (Brill/Sense, 2018).
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Eugenio Barba
After working with Jerzy Grotowski for three years in Poland, Eugenio Barba (1936, Italy) created Odin Teatret in 1964 in Oslo and moved with it as a laboratory to Holstebro, Denmark, in 1966. He founded the International School of Theatre Anthropology (ISTA) in 1979. He has directed more than 70 productions with his theatre and the intercultural ensemble Theatrum Mundi. Author of a dozen books, his most recent publication, together with Nicola Savarese, is The Five Continents of the Theatre: Facts and Legends about the Material Culture of the Actor (Brill/Sense, 2018).
Online Issn: 1531-4715
Print Issn: 1054-2043
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Eugenio Barba
TDR/The Drama Review (2018) 62 (2 (238)): 8–14.
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Eugenio Barba; The Laboratory Instinct. TDR/The Drama Review 2018; 62: 2 (238), 8–14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/DRAM_e_00743
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