Book, Actor As Shaman, The: Configurations of Consciousness In the Subject and[LS]

Starting from the action of consciousness in the actor's work, Gilberto Icle, in The Actor as Shaman, takes his analysis to the interpreter's practices in their relational form with the other, that is, in the interaction with the other scene partners and with the audience.. Therein lies the object and the state to be achieved by the representative process, in which not only the interpreting body comes into play, but also the bodily energies, giving rise to an altered space-time consciousness of everyday life, in which the physical and mental states united work on behaviors, gestures and memory amalgamated into a whole.. Icle chooses the clown as the stage entity that best conveys this search for an extra-daily dimension by the actor who, upon becoming aware of his ridiculous aspects, enhances them and transforms them into stage results of great intensity, leading the audience to laughter and emotion, in a parallel between the forces of ecstasy in the activity of shamanic ritualistic invocation and the action of constructing a presence for artistic performance through a clownish state on stage.. Combining theoretical rigor with practice with students and testimonies from professionals, The Actor as Shaman becomes an important contribution for those interested in the rituals and alchemy of the stage.. MHG. and JG