Playing With Theory In Theatre Practice

Author : Megan Alrutz,Julia Listengarten,M. Van Duyn Wood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350316553

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Playing with Theory in Theatre Practice by Megan Alrutz,Julia Listengarten,M. Van Duyn Wood Pdf

Through a collection of original essays and case studies, this innovative book explores theory as an accessible, although complex, tool for theatre practitioners and students. These chapters invite readers to (re)imagine theory as a site of possibility or framework that can shape theatre making, emerge from practice, and foster new ways of seeing, creating, and reflecting. Focusing on the productive tensions and issues that surround creative practice and intellectual processes, the contributing authors present central concepts and questions that frame the role of theory in the theatre. Ultimately, this diverse and exciting collection offers inspiring ideas, raises new questions, and introduces ways to build theoretically-minded, dynamic production work.

Author : Jeanmarie Higgins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000045222

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Teaching Critical Performance Theory by Jeanmarie Higgins Pdf

Teaching Critical Performance Theory offers teaching strategies for professors and artist-scholars across performance, design and technology, and theatre studies disciplines. The book’s seventeen chapters collectively ask: What use is theory to an emerging theatre artist or scholar? Which theories should be taught, and to whom? How can theory pedagogies shape and respond to the evolving needs of the academy, the field, and the community? This broad field of enquiry is divided into four sections covering course design, classroom teaching, the studio space, and applied theatre contexts. Through a range of intriguing case studies that encourage thoughtful theatre practice, this book explores themes surrounding situated learning, dramaturgy and technology, disability and inclusivity, feminist approaches, race and performance, ethics, and critical theory in theatre history. Written as an invaluable resource for professionals and postgraduates engaged in performance theory, this collection of informative essays will also provide critical reading for those interested in drama and theatre studies more broadly.

Author : J. L. Styan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1983-06-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521296293

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Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd by J. L. Styan Pdf

Jarry - Garcia Lorca - Satre - Camus - Beckett - Ritual theatre and Jean Genet - Fringe theatre in Britain__

Author : Louise Burleigh
Publisher : Trieste Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0649553438

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The Community Theatre in Theory and Practice by Louise Burleigh Pdf

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, photographs, or missing pages. It is highly unlikely that this would occur with one of our books. Our extensive quality control ensures that the readers of Trieste Publishing's books will be delighted with their purchase. Our staff has thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the collection, repairing, or if necessary, rejecting titles that are not of the highest quality. This process ensures that the reader of one of Trieste Publishing's titles receives a volume that faithfully reproduces the original, and to the maximum degree possible, gives them the experience of owning the original work.We pride ourselves on not only creating a pathway to an extensive reservoir of books of the finest quality, but also providing value to every one of our readers. Generally, Trieste books are purchased singly - on demand, however they may also be purchased in bulk. Readers interested in bulk purchases are invited to contact us directly to enquire about our tailored bulk rates.

Author : J. L. Styan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521296285

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Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 1, Realism and Naturalism by J. L. Styan Pdf

This 1981 volume begins with the French revolt against naturalism in theatre and then covers the European realist movement.

Author : Louise Burleigh Powell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Community theater
ISBN : UCAL:$B276008

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The Community Theatre in Theory and Practice by Louise Burleigh Powell Pdf

Author : Alison Oddey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136111969

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Devising Theatre by Alison Oddey Pdf

Devising Theatre is a practical handbook that combines a critical analysis of contemporary devised theatre practice with descriptions of selected companies, and suggestions for any group devising theatre from scratch. It is the first book to propose a general theory of devised theatre. After identifying the unique nature of this type of performance, the author examines how devised theatre is perceived by professional practitioners, and provides an historical overview illustrating how it has evolved since the 1960s. Alison Oddey examines the particular working practices and products of a number of professional companies, including a Reminiscence theatre for the elderly and a theatre-in-education group, and offers ideas and exercises for exploration and experimentation.

Author : Adrian Curtin
Publisher : Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-08
Category : Criticism, interpretation, etc
ISBN : 152612470X

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Death in Modern Theatre by Adrian Curtin Pdf

Death in modern theatre offers a unique account of modern Western theatre, focusing on the ways in which dramatists and theatre-makers have explored historically informed ideas about death and dying in their work. It investigates the opportunities theatre affords to reflect on the end of life in a compelling and socially meaningful fashion. In a series of interrelated, mostly chronological, micronarratives beginning in the late nineteenth century and ending in the early twenty-first century, this book considers how and why death and dying are represented at certain historical moments using dramaturgy and aesthetics that challenge audiences' conceptions, sensibilities, and sense-making faculties. It includes a mix of well-known and lesser-known plays from an international range of dramatists and theatre-makers, and offers original interpretations through close reading and performance analysis.

Author : Larry Bogad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317422204

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Tactical Performance by Larry Bogad Pdf

Tactical Performance tells fun, mischievous stories of underdogs speaking mirth to power - through creative, targeted activist performance in the streets of cities around the world. This compelling, inspiring book also provides the first ever full-length practical and theoretical guide to this work. L.M.Bogad, one of the most prolific practitioners and scholars of this genre, shares the most effective non-violent tactics and theatrics employed by groups which have captured the public imagination in recent years. Tactical Performance explores carnivalesque protest in unique depth, looking at the possibilities for direct action and sometimes shocking confrontation with some of the most powerful institutions in the world. It is essential reading for anyone interested in creative pranksterism and the global justice movement.

Author : David Barnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1408183145

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Brecht in Practice by David Barnett Pdf

"A re-examination of Bertolt Brecht the theatre practitioner in the light of his theoretical writings and his work in the theatre"--

Author : Elaine Aston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134771509

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Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook by Elaine Aston Pdf

Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook is a helpful, practical guide to theatre-making which explores the different ways of representing gender. Best-selling author, Elaine Aston, takes the reader through the various stages of making feminist theatre- from warming up, through workshopped exploration, to performance - this volume is organised into three clear and instructive parts: * Women in the Workshop * Dramatic Texts, Feminist Contexts * Gender and Devising Projects. Orientated around the classroom/workshop, Handbook of Feminist Theatre Practice encompasses the main elements of feminist theatre, both practical or theoretical.

Author : Bruce McConachie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781107091399

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Evolution, Cognition, and Performance by Bruce McConachie Pdf

Bruce McConachie explores the biocultural basis of performance, from the cognitive processes that facilitate it, to what keeps us engaged.

Author : Barnard Hewitt,J. F. Foster,Muriel Sibell Wolle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Theater
ISBN : LCCN:01064696

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Play Production by Barnard Hewitt,J. F. Foster,Muriel Sibell Wolle Pdf

Author : Marie Christine Autant Mathieu,Yana Meerzon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317506850

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The Routledge Companion to Michael Chekhov by Marie Christine Autant Mathieu,Yana Meerzon Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Michael Chekhov brings together Chekhov specialists from around the world - theatre practitioners, theorists, historians and archivists – to provide an astonishingly comprehensive assessment of his life, work and legacy. This volume aims to connect East and West; theatre theory and practice. It reconsiders the history of Chekhov’s acting method, directing and pedagogy, using the archival documents found across the globe: in Russia, England, America, Germany, Lithuania and Switzerland. It presents Chekhov’s legacy and ideas in the framework of interdisciplinary theatre practices and theories, as well as at the crossroads of cultures, in the context of his forays into such areas as Western mime and Asian cosmology. This remarkable Companion, thoughtfully edited by two leading Chekhov scholars, will prove invaluable to students and scholars of theatre, theatre practitioners and theoreticians, and specialists in Slavic and transcultural studies. Marie-Christine Autant-Mathieu is Director of Research at the National Center For Scientific Research, and Assistant-Director of Sorbonne-CNRS Institute EUR’ORBEM. She is an historian of theatre and specialist in Russian and Soviet theatre. Yana Meerzon is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre, University of Ottawa. Her book publications include Adapting Chekhov: The Text and Its Mutations, co-edited with Professor J. Douglas Clayton, University of Ottawa (Routlegde, 2012).

Author : Amanda Stuart Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526174472

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Performing the Testimonial by Amanda Stuart Fisher Pdf

Performing the testimonial offers a new critical engagement with verbatim and testimonial theatre that draws on an analysis of a number of international contemporary verbatim and testimonial plays. Moving beyond discourses of the real, the book argues that testimonial theatre engages in acts of truth telling, performing new modes of witnessing.