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The rainbow of desire : the Boal method of theatre and therapy / Augusto Boal ; translated by Adrian Jackson.

By: Boal, Augusto.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995Description: xxvi, 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0415103495 (pbk.); 9780415103497.Subject(s): Acting | Theater -- Political aspects | Theater -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 792.028
Contents:
The Theory -- Theatre, The First Human Invention -- Human Beings, A Passion and A Platform: The 'Aesthetic Space' -- The Three Hypotheses of 'The Cop in the Head' -- Experiences in Two Psychiatric Hospitals -- Preliminaries to the Utilisation of the Rainbow of Desire Techniques -- The modes -- The improvisation -- Identification, recognition and resonance -- The four catharses -- Pt. 2 The practice -- The Prospective Techniques -- The image of the images -- The image of the word -- Image and counter-image -- The kaleidoscopic image -- The images of the image -- The projected image -- The image of the hour -- The ritual gesture -- Rituals and masks -- The multiple image of oppression -- Multiple images of happiness -- The rotating image -- The image of transition -- The image of the group -- Rashomon -- The Introspective Techniques -- The image of the antagonist -- The analytical image -- The circuit of rituals and masks -- The image of chaos -- The image of the 'cops in the head' and their antibodies -- The image of the 'cops in the heads' of the spectators -- The image of the rainbow of desire -- The screen-image -- Contradictory images of the same people in the same story -- The Extraversion Techniques -- Improvisations -- Games -- Shows.
Summary: The Rainbow of Desire 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 fully and comprehensively updated from the French, this books sets out the techniques which help us ``see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalized. 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 rather than passively wait for it has inspired hundreds of groups from 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 and Image and Counter-Image. publisher.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

The Theory -- Theatre, The First Human Invention -- Human Beings, A Passion and A Platform: The 'Aesthetic Space' -- The Three Hypotheses of 'The Cop in the Head' -- Experiences in Two Psychiatric Hospitals -- Preliminaries to the Utilisation of the Rainbow of Desire Techniques -- The modes -- The improvisation -- Identification, recognition and resonance -- The four catharses -- Pt. 2 The practice -- The Prospective Techniques -- The image of the images -- The image of the word -- Image and counter-image -- The kaleidoscopic image -- The images of the image -- The projected image -- The image of the hour -- The ritual gesture -- Rituals and masks -- The multiple image of oppression -- Multiple images of happiness -- The rotating image -- The image of transition -- The image of the group -- Rashomon -- The Introspective Techniques -- The image of the antagonist -- The analytical image -- The circuit of rituals and masks -- The image of chaos -- The image of the 'cops in the head' and their antibodies -- The image of the 'cops in the heads' of the spectators -- The image of the rainbow of desire -- The screen-image -- Contradictory images of the same people in the same story -- The Extraversion Techniques -- Improvisations -- Games -- Shows.

The Rainbow of Desire 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 fully and comprehensively updated from the French, this books sets out the techniques which help us ``see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalized. 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 rather than passively wait for it has inspired hundreds of groups from 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 and Image and Counter-Image. publisher.

Translation of: Méthode Boal de théâtre et de thérapie

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Translator's introduction Why this book?
  • My three theatrical encounters
  • Part 1 The Theory Theatre the first human invention Human beings, a passion and a platform: the 'aesthetic space'
  • The three hypotheses of 'the Cop in the Head'
  • Experiences in two psychiatric hospitals Preliminaties to the utilisation of the techniques of the Rainbow of Desire
  • Part 2 The practice The prospective techniques
  • 1 The image of the images
  • 2 The image of the word
  • 3 Image and counter-image
  • 4 The kaleidoscopic image
  • 6 The projected image
  • 7 The image of the hour
  • 8 The ritual gesture
  • 9 Rituals and masks
  • 10 The multiple image of oppression
  • 11 Multiple images of happiness
  • 12 The rotating image
  • 13 The image of transition
  • 14 The image of the group
  • 15 Rashomon
  • The introspective techniques
  • 1 The image of the antagonist
  • 2 The analytical image
  • 3 The circuit of rituals and masks
  • 4 The image of chaos
  • 5 The image of 'Cops in the Head' and their antibodies
  • 6 The image of the 'Cops in the Heads' of the spectators
  • 7 The image of the rainbow of desire
  • 8 The screen image
  • 9 Contradictory images of the same people in the same story
  • Part 3 Extraversion techniques
  • 1 Improvisations
  • 2 Games
  • 3 Shows Postscript: The techniques and ourselves: an experiment in India

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Augusto Boal is Vereador (Member of Parliament) of Rio de Janeiro and President of the Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro and Paris. Previous publications include Games for Actors and Non-Actors and Theatre of the Oppressed, both of which have been translated into numerous languages.
Adrian Jackson is Associate Director of the London Bubble Theatre and is also a freelance director and teacher. He was the translator of Games for Actors and Non-Actors into the English language (Routledge 1992).