The Rainbow of Desire

Rainbow of Desire is a handbook of exercises with a difference. It is Augusto Boal's bold and brilliant statement about the therapeutic ability of theatre to liberate individuals and change lives. Now translated into English and comprehensively updated from the French, Rainbow of Desire sets out the techniques which help us see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalised. Boal, a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician, has been confronting oppression in various forms for over thirty years. His belief that theatre is a means to create the future has inspired hundreds of groups all over the world to use his techniques in a multitude of settings. This, his latest work, includes such exercises as: * The Cops in the Head and their anti-bodies * The screen image * The image of the future we are afraid of * Image and counter-image ...and many more. Rainbow of Desire will make fascinating reading for those already familiar with Boal's work and is also completely accessible to anyone new to Theatre of the Oppressed techniques.

ISBN 0415103495   DEWEY edition DC20 ISBN13 9780415103497 (What's this?)   Pages 224 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Routledge   Weight (grammes) 408 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 15 Dec 1994   Height (mm) 246 Translator Adrian Jackson   Width (mm) 174 Writer of introduction Adrian Jackson   Spine width (mm) 17 Library of Congress PN2061.B49   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY 616.891523   Interest age 18

		Translator's Introduction
		Why this Book? My Three Theatrical Encounters		1
Pt. 1		The theory		11
1		Theatre, The First Human Invention		13
2		Human Beings, A Passion and A Platform: The 'Aesthetic Space'		16
3		The Three Hypotheses of 'The Cop in the Head'		40
4		Experiences in Two Psychiatric Hospitals		47
5		Preliminaries to the Utilisation of the Rainbow of Desire Techniques		58
1		The modes		58
2		The improvisation		67
3		Identification, recognition and resonance		68
4		The four catharses		69
Pt. 2		The practice		75
1		The Prospective Techniques		77
1		The image of the images		77
2		The image of the word		77
3		Image and counter-image		87
4		The kaleidoscopic image		96
5		The images of the image		109
6		The projected image		111
7		The image of the hour		112
8		The ritual gesture		113
9		Rituals and masks		114
10		The multiple image of oppression		114
11		Multiple images of happiness		114
12		The rotating image		115
13		The image of transition		115
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