Somehow the previous post led me back to a figure that I had encountered in the recent past: Jerzy Grotowski. He’s someone that I should definitely pursue a bit further, but modern theater is a kettle of fish that I’m not ready to dive into. Nonetheless, there is a certain odd baroque asceticism (try to make sense of that) to his work and the work in the previous post (Klaus Nomi) that I find compelling.

A quote from the NYTimes obituary of Grotowski that seems particularly apt:

Summarizing Mr. Grotowski’s approach to acting, Mr. Gregory said, ”He saw the entire actor as an emotional, physical and vocal instrument.”