Maria Gaitanidi

PhD student

About

‘My research stems from the desire to re-unify the body, voice and intellect in actor’s training and towards performance. The fragmentation of the contemporary world pushes the performer – creator, towards a warrior- style of being, towards verticality.
Through practical experimentation on Jerzy Grotowski’s physical actions and Anatoli Vassiliev’s speech as action, the work explores the possibilities of a contemporary staging of ancient Greek texts and draws on the theories of ‘jeu’ with a philosophical backdrop.

Research interests

"Contemporary stagings of Ancient Greek Drama through Jerzy Grotowski's physical actions and Anatoli Vassiliev's speech as action."

Last updated 17th December 2019