The Moon Rises From The Ganges

Download or read book The Moon Rises from the Ganges written by Eugenio Barba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of texts by Eugenio Barba reconstructing the history of his relationships with the Asian classical theatres. Interweaving stories of journeys, meetings, anecdotes, reflections and technical descriptions, the author exposes the phases and changes in a passion that covers the fifty years of his professional trajectory. Little known or unpublished texts are included together with widely diffused articles which have become classics. The result is a book which examines in detail an important chapter of the dialogue between East and West in the theatre culture of the twentieth century.