Description: Home of Stephen Wangh, author of An Acrobat of the Heart (a book is inspired by the work of Jerzy Grotowski) and The Heart of Teaching (a book about empowering students in the performing arts).
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The Acrobat of the Heart Video will bring to life the Grotowski-based training described in Stephen Wangh’s book An Acrobat of the Heart . With detailed images of the physical exercises, documentary footage of students learning the work, and a special voice-over commentary track for teachers, it will be a valuable resource for performers who want to practice and apply the work, and for teachers and directors who want to share it with others. Learn more and donate today
Stephen Wangh , has been a playwright , director , and teacher of acting . He is the author of An Acrobat of the Heart, a physical approach to acting inspired by the work of Jerzy Grotowski (Vintage, Random House, 2000) and of The Heart of Teaching: Empowering Students in the Performing Arts (Routledge, 2012).
He is the author of 15 plays, and was one of the writers of The People’s Temple (Glickman award: Best play in the Bay Area, 2005). He was Associate Writer for The Laramie Project (Emmy nomination 2002), and dramaturg of Moisés Kaufman’s Gross Indecency, the three trials of Oscar Wilde (1997).