PhD, New York University, Tisch School's Department of Performance Studies
Professor, Chair, Dean, School of Theatre Arts, Taipei National University of Arts
Main works:
Self-Mutilation, Nudity, and Compassion: The Essence Shines When You Penetrate the Three Bodies (2020);
On the Method of Physical Actions (MPA): A Salute to Guru Stanislavski (2018);
A Trilogy of Art as Vehicle: How Can Total Awareness Be Achieved? (2013);
OM: Overtone Singing as Meditation (2007);
The Art of Sacredness: Tell It Forward with Jerzy Grotowski (2001)
You! hypocrite lecteur!—mon semblable,—mon frère!
The Waste Land, line 76
This Method of Physical Actions DVD includes this booklet, with four discourses.
1. An introduction to MPA 3.0: historically and theoretically elucidating the ins and outs of MPA (the Method of Physical Actions), providing a more academic theoretical foundation for the narration of the DVD.
2. The Chinese version of Grotowski’s I-I Sutra : this 1371 word long sutra is the heart of MPA. The theory and practice of the MPA method are established here, so actors and doers may study it day and night.
3. The English version of the I-I Sutra is included so actors and doers may examine the essence of Grotowski’s teachings through a different lens.
4. An explanation of the I-I Sutra : the key of Grotowski’s concept of Art as vehicle is that in addition to physical actions, theoretical dialectics must not be neglected. “Learn thoroughly, examine meticulously, ponder deeply, discern attentively, practice seriously;” this is the daily exercise that an actor or doer practices daily to the end of their days.
These four discourses are taken from Self-Mutilation, Nudity, and Compassion: The Essence Shines When You Penetrate the Three Bodies by Professor Mingder Chung (published in July 2020, Taipei National University of the Arts). For further reading, please refer to the Bibliography and Notes.