Articles Available Online
Zaporah, Ruth,: "What's on my Mind Now," Contact Quarterly, Winter/Spring, 2002, pp. 51-56. Essays on frames, listening and expression, three basic components of Action Theater improvisation.
Zaporah, Ruth,: "Notes onContent," Contact Quarterly, Summer/Fall. 1998, pp. 50-52. An examination on the nature of content. "Content is like weather. It always is."
Zaporah, Ruth, "Improvisations in War," Contact Quarterly, Winter/Spring 1995, Volume 20, No.1, pp.22-25. In June 1994 Zaporah trsavelled throughout war torn Yugoslavia performing and teaching. Here she recounts some of her experiences.
Zaporah, Ruth, "Improvisation in Performance," Contact Quarterly, Summer/Fall 1992, pp. 43- 46, a discussion between Ruth Zaporah, Nancy Stark Smith and Barbara Dilley. All masters in their own forms of physical performance, these three share some ideas.
Zaporah, Ruth,: "A Way To Proceed," Contact Quarterly, Fall 1991, pp. 10-16. This article follows one day in a typical Action Theater training.
Cushman, Anne, "The Spirit of Creativity," Yoga Journal, September/October 1991, pp. 50- 58,102-103. A description of Zaporah and her work as an expression of spirit.
Zaporah, Ruth,: "(Not) a Bag of Tricks," Contact Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1987, pp. 36,37. A look at how a focus on can awaken spontaneity.
Becker, Nancy, "Action Theatre," New Performance, Volume 1, No.2, 1985. A description of Zaporah and her work.
Banyas, Susan,: "Skylight," Contact Quarterly, Fall 1984, pp. 42-50. Reflections on performing and teaching improvisations, interviews with Ruth Zaporah and Terry Sendgraff.
Articles Available from Publishers
Nisker, Mudita, "The Improvisation of Presence," Inquiring Mind, Volume 13, No.2,1997:an interview with Ruth Zaporah exploring the relationship between Action Theater and the Buddist prospective.
Zaporah, Ruth, "Dance: A Body with a Mind of Its Own," Movement Research Performance Journal, Fall/Winter 1996/7, No.13, pp. 29. Zaporah explores the relationship between the body and presence.
Zaporah, Ruth, "Stalk," Contact Quarterly, Winter/Spring 1994, Volume 19, No.1, pp.22-23. Zaporah draws a relationship between improvisation and heightened awareness.
Zaporah, Ruth,: "A Way To Proceed," Contact Quarterly, Fall 1991, pp. 10-16. This article follows one day in a typical Action Theater training.
Zaporah, Ruth, "Basic Steps Toward Pretending," Contact Quarterly, Fall 1990, pp. 25-28. The Action Theater training places limitations on students, encouraging spontaneour rather than habitual response. This article examines four limitations.
Zaporah, Ruth, "An Alternative Training," Contact Quarterly, Fall 1988, pp. 7-13. Zaporah tells how collaborations with other artists contributed to her own learning. |
Ruth Zaporah
