Sufi Dance, Trance, and Psychophysical Performance
Transcultural Elements in Jerzy Grotowski’s Theater
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11210567 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Serap Erincin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 207-222 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Chronicle (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-2526 • E-ISSN: 1532-4257 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01472526.2021.1982330 |
| OpenAlex | W3210399954 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Jerzy Grotowski, a Western theatrical practitioner who incorporated psychophysical methods to help sustain the immediacy of the body and power of presence in performance, acknowledged the influence of non-Western embodied spiritual practices, such as Sufism and Mevlevi dance. In this article, I propose that the whirling dance of the dervish was a transformational influence on Grotowski and facilitated the development of his psychophysical program of actor training and rehearsing. This influence is under-acknowledged in scholarship on Grotowski, indicating possible anxiety in Western theatrical traditions about the incorporation of spiritual practices, especially those associated with Islam
Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Embodied cognition · Immediacy · Power (physics) · Rehearsing · Scholarship · Sociology · Trance · Visual arts · Anthropology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Philosophy · Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |