Performance Spaces and Stage Technologies

Yuji Nawata, Chuo University Tokyo, Japan. Hans Joachim Dethlefs, Chuo University Tokyo, Japan.

• Performance Spaces in Ancient Chinese Cities: Street Theatres of the 9th Century Capital Chang'an; The Semi-Circular Theatre in Seleucid and Arsacid Babylon; The Perspectival Stage in Sebastiano Serlio's Second Book of Architecture (1545) and its German Reception in the Context of Wohlstand; Central Perspective in Catholic Churches and on Stage in Europe between the 15th and 17th Centuries; Notable Spectacles in the Late 19th-Century Kabuki Stage; Berlin and its Theatres between 1870 and 1890; The Theatres in Modern Shanghai: From the Perspective of Cultural History; Discussions on Theatre Spaces and Theatre Materials by the Leningrad School; Projection Technology and the Theatre Stage: Light, Space, Body Politics; Cultural Techniques of Play: A Global Perspective; Contributors.

»The book [...] offers an eclectic selection of essays that offer valuable insights into East Asian performance practices alongside interesting intercultural perspectives by Japanese authors who look at European material with a fresh eye.«