How Theatre Means

Author : Ric Knowles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137442284

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How Theatre Means by Ric Knowles Pdf

In this wide-ranging study, Ric Knowles demonstrates how the examination and practice of theatre is enhanced by an expanded semiotic approach. Moving from the history and theory of performance analysis to its practical application and paying particular attention to cross-cultural applications, he examines not what a particular piece of theatre means, but how meaning is produced in the process of creating, viewing and analysing theatre. How Theatre Means presents contemporary case studies and explores intersections between a wide range of theories and methods. Clear and accessible, this book brings a key analytical methodology to life for students, practitioners and scholars.

Author : Eli Rozik
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781782847267

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Generating Theatre Meaning by Eli Rozik Pdf

Offers a theory and methodology of performance analysis as an alternative to traditional play-analysis. This book carries an underlying theme that theatre performance is a descriptive text generated by the theatre medium and that the process of generating meaning takes place in the actual encounter between a theatre performance and the spectator.

Author : Eli Rozik
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781802071320

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Generating Theatre Meaning by Eli Rozik Pdf

Offers a theory and methodology of performance analysis as an alternative to traditional play-analysis. This book carries an underlying theme that theatre performance is a descriptive text generated by the theatre medium and that the process of generating meaning takes place in the actual encounter between a theatre performance and the spectator.

Author : Marvin Carlson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780191648618

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Theatre: A Very Short Introduction by Marvin Carlson Pdf

From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around the world. From puppetry to mimes and street theatre, this complex art has utilized all other art forms such as dance, literature, music, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Every aspect of human activity and human culture can be, and has been, incorporated into the creation of theatre. In this Very Short Introduction Marvin Carlson takes us through Ancient Greece and Rome, to Medieval Japan and Europe, to America and beyond, and looks at how the various forms of theatre have been interpreted and enjoyed. Exploring the role that theatre artists play — from the actor and director to the designer and puppet-master, as well as the audience — this is an engaging exploration of what theatre has meant, and still means, to people of all ages at all times. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Nadja Masura
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030556280

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Digital Theatre by Nadja Masura Pdf

Digital Theatre is a rich and varied art form evolving between performing bodies gathered together in shared space and the ever-expanding flexible reach of the digital technology that shapes our world. This book explores live theatre performances which incorporate video projection, animation, motion capture and triggering, telematics and multisite performance, robotics, VR, and AR. Through examples from practitioners like George Coates, the Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre, Troika Ranch, David Saltz, Mark Reaney, The Builder’s Association, and ArtGrid, a picture emerges of how and why digital technology can be used to effectively create theatre productions matching the storytelling and expressive needs of today’s artists and audiences. It also examines how theatre roles such as director, actor, playwright, costumes, and set are altered, and how ideas of body, place, and community are expanded.

Author : Augusto Boal
Publisher : Get Political
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social classes in literature
ISBN : 0745328385

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Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal Pdf

''... brilliantly original ... brings cultural and post-colonial theory to bear on a wide range of authors with great skill and sensitivity.' Terry Eagleton

Author : Richard Schechner,Willa Appel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781316583302

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By Means of Performance by Richard Schechner,Willa Appel Pdf

The field of performance studies embraces performance behaviour of all kinds and in all contexts, from everyday life to high ceremony. This volume investigates a wide range of performance behaviour - dance, ritual, conflict situation, sports, storytelling and display behaviour - in a variety of circumstances and cultures. It considers such issues as the relationship between training and the finished performance; whether performance behaviour is universal or culturally specific; and the relationships between ritual aesthetics, popular entertainment and religion, and sports and theatre and dance. The volume brings together essays from leading anthropologists, artists and performance theorists to provide a definitive introduction to the burgeoning field of performance studies. It will be of value to scholars, teachers and students of anthropology, theatre, folklore, semiotics and performance studies.

Author : Siddhartha Biswas
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781527502604

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Theatre Theory and Performance by Siddhartha Biswas Pdf

Over the last few centuries, the world as we know it has seen remarkable change and the arts – including theatre – have faced new challenges. Theatre is now no longer a simple point of entertainment laced with instruction or dissent, but is perceived as a more collaborative idea that looks at ever-changing paradigms. All over the world, theatre now is a dynamic process that simultaneously retains tradition and delves into extreme experimentations. This book represents a starting point for a much-needed critical interrogation. It looks at the constant features of European theatre and brings in some Indian elements, positing both in their respective locations, as well as looking at the symbiosis that has been functioning for some time.

Author : Martin Esslin
Publisher : London ; New York : Methuen
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106009924116

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The Field of Drama by Martin Esslin Pdf

This book of criticism brings both theatre and film studies within a single theoretical framework.

Author : Andrew James Hartley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230370050

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Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice by Andrew James Hartley Pdf

What makes a Shakespeare production political? Can Shakespeare's plays ever be truly radical? Revealing the unspoken politics of Shakespeare's plays on stage, Andrew Hartley examines their nature, agenda, limits and potential. In considering key theoretical issues, analysing a wide range of productions, and engaging in a collaborative debate with Professor Ayanna Thompson, Hartley highlights a more consciously political approach to making theatre out of Shakespeare's scripts – and to experiencing it as an audience. Dynamic and provocative, this book is a crucial text for students and theatre practitioners alike.

Author : Richard Kostelanetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:468506474

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The Theatre of Mixed Means by Richard Kostelanetz Pdf

Author : Kim Solga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350135499

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A Cultural History of Theatre in the Modern Age by Kim Solga Pdf

To call something modern is to assert something fundamental about the social, cultural, economic and technical sophistication of that thing, over and against what has come before. A Cultural History of Theatre in the Modern Age provides an interdisciplinary overview of theatre and performance in their social and material contexts from the late 19th century through the early 2000s, emphasizing key developments and trends that both exemplify and trouble the various meanings of the term 'modern', and the identity of modernist theatre and performance. Highly illustrated with 40 images, the ten chapters each take a different theme as their focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.

Author : Elaine Aston,George Savona
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : 0415049326

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Theatre as Sign System by Elaine Aston,George Savona Pdf

An invaluable handbook explaining the relationship between the drama text and the theory and practice of drama in performance. It also explains the meanings and methods of semiotics and addresses key texts from Sophocles to Caryl Churchill.

Author : Robert Stephen Paul Beekes,Lucien van Beek
Publisher : Leiden Indo-European Etymologi
Page : 1808 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9004321861

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Etymological Dictionary of Greek by Robert Stephen Paul Beekes,Lucien van Beek Pdf

A must-have research tool that should be on every classicist's desk. Greek is among the most intensely and widely studied languages known. Since the publication of the last etymological dictionary of Greek, both the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European, and our knowledge of the Greek substrate have led to numerous, often surprising new insights into the history and formation of the Greek vocabulary. This dictionary is a treasure trove covering 2000 years of Ancient Greek: from Mycenaean via Homer and the classical period to lexicographers, such as Hesychius (5th century A.D.). It at last brings together all new data, resulting in scores of thoroughly revised etymologies. This is a truly indispensable tool for classicists in search of a deeper understanding of the Greek vocabulary, its history and, therewith, a better understanding of the language.

Author : Erika Fischer-Lichte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135083885

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The Routledge Introduction to Theatre and Performance Studies by Erika Fischer-Lichte Pdf

Erika Fischer-Lichte's introduction to the discipline of Theatre and Performance Studies is a strikingly authoritative and wide ranging guide to the study of theatre in all of its forms. Its three-part structure moves from the first steps in starting to think about performance, through to the diverse and interrelated concerns required of higher-level study: Part 1 – Central Concepts for Theatre and Performance Research – introduces the language and key ideas that are used to discuss and think about theatre: concepts of performance; the emergence of meaning; and the theatrical event as an experience shared by actors and spectators. Part 1 contextualizes these concepts by tracing the history of Theatre and Performance Studies as a discipline. Part 2 – Fields, Theories and Methods – looks at how to analyse a performance and how to conduct theatre-historiographical research. This section is concerned with the 'doing' of Theatre and Performance Studies: establishing and understanding different methodological approaches; using sources effectively; and building theoretical frameworks. Part 3 – Pushing Boundaries – expands on the lessons of Parts 1 and 2 in order to engage with theatre and performance in a global context. Part 3 introduces the concept of 'interweaving performance cultures'; explores the interrelation of theatre with the other arts; and develops a transformative aesthetics of performance. Case studies throughout the book root its theoretical discussion in theatrical practice. Focused accounts of plays, practitioners and performances map the development of Theatre and Performance Studies as an academic discipline, and of the theatre itself as an art form. This is the most comprehensive and sophisticated introduction to the field available, written by one of its foremost scholars.