Hamlet, 2009

Devised in the 1980s and 90s by Richard Schechner, RASABOXES offers performers a concrete physical tool to access, express, and manage their feelings/emotions within the context of performance. Useful as performer training, rasaboxes also has many other applications in various fields including therapy, business, and education.

Rasaboxes integrates ancient theory with contemporary emotion research about the “brain in the belly” (the enteric nervous system), studies in facial expression of emotion, neuroscience, and performance theory.

Rasaboxes trains participants to work holistically: the body/mind/emotions are treated as a single system. In practice, rasaboxes produces performances that are visceral and useful across a wide range of contexts: from subtle film acting to bold commedia dell’ arte, from naturalistic theatre to pure dance, music, and movement. Rasaboxes integrates rather than separates acting, movement, and voice. It engages the whole performer in a single, powerful, and learnable approach.

For more info, please visit: RASABOXES.ORG