The art of stillness : the theatre practice of Tadashi Suzuki / Paul Allain.

Originally published: London : Methuen, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.

Introducing Suzuki : inspirational sources, festivals and theatre communities -- Suzuki now -- Suzuki's spaces : Toga Village, Mito City, Shizuoka, a sacred and open home -- The Suzuki method : the basic exercises, ten ways of walking, slow ten tekka ten, stamping shakuhachi, standing and sitting statues, voice, fundamental principles, questions of training, voice and cross-cultural investigations, new explorations -- Suzuki's performance practice : collage, On the dramatic passions II and Kayoko Shiraishi, The Trojan women and Greek adaptations, Shakespeare, Chekhov.

"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 including his famous production of The Trojan Women, which subsequently toured around the world. An integral part of his work has been the development and teaching of his rigorous and controversial training system, the Suzuki method, whose principles have also been highly influential in contemporary theater. Paul Allain, an experienced practitioner of the Suzuki method, re-evaluates Suzuki's work, giving a lucid overview of his development towards an international theater aesthetic. He examines Suzuki's collaborators, the importance of architecture and environment in his theater and his impact on performance all over the world. The Art of Stillness is a lively, critical study of one of the most important and uncompromising figures in contemporary world theater"--Publisher description.