Abstract

Jerzy Grotowski, a Western theatrical practitioner who incorporated psychophysical methods to help sustain the immediacy of the body and power of presence in performance, acknowledged the influence of non-Western embodied spiritual practices, such as Sufism and Mevlevi dance. In this article, I propose that the whirling dance of the dervish was a transformational influence on Grotowski and facilitated the development of his psychophysical program of actor training and rehearsing. This influence is under-acknowledged in scholarship on Grotowski, indicating possible anxiety in Western theatrical traditions about the incorporation of spiritual practices, especially those associated with Islam.

摘要

Jerzy Grotowski 是一位西方戏剧从业者，他结合心理物理学方法来帮助维持身体的即时性和表演中的存在感，他承认非西方体现的精神实践的影响，例如苏菲派和梅夫莱维舞蹈。在这篇文章中，我认为苦行僧的旋转舞对格洛托夫斯基产生了变革性的影响，并促进了他的演员训练和排练心理物理学计划的发展。这种影响在关于格洛托夫斯基的学术研究中没有得到充分承认，这表明西方戏剧传统可能对融入精神实践，尤其是与伊斯兰教相关的实践感到焦虑。