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Theory for Theatre Studies: Movement

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvRachel Fensham,Susan Bennett

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How do we define movement in performance? Who or what is being moved and how? And which movements are felt, observed, or studied, in theatre? Part of the Theory for Theatre Studies series which introduces core theoretical concepts that underpin the discipline, Movement provides the first overview of relevant critical theory for students and researchers in theatre and performance studies. Exploring areas such as vitality, plasticity, gesture, effort and rhythm, it opens up the study of theatrical production, live art, and intercultural performance to socio-political conceptions of movement as both practice and concept. It covers movement training systems and considers how they have been utilized in key works of the 20th and 21st centuries. The final section traces the convergence of movement in theatre with other media and digital technologies. A wide range of in-depth case studies helps to equip readers to explore new methodologies and approaches to movement as a performance concept. These include analysis of Satoshi Miyagi's production of Sophocles' Antigone (2017), Thomas Ostermeier's production of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler (2008), the Berliner Ensemble’s Mother Courage (1949), The Constant Prince (1965) performed by Ryzsard Cieslak, and the National Theatre’s production of War Horse (2007). The final section considers a suite of concepts that shape postdramatic and intermedial theatre from China, Germany-Bangladesh, Australia, the United States, and United Kingdom. The volume is supported by further online resources including video material, questions, and exercises.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-02-25
Mått128 x 196 x 14 mm
Vikt220 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieTheory for Theatre Studies
Antal sidor208
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350026360

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Series PrefaceAcknowledgementsMovement: IntroductionMovement of vital beings: AristotleMovement as bodily technique: MaussRhythmic movement: LefebvreCase Study: Pina BauschThis bookSECTION ONEMovement as HistoryMovement of the chorus: Ancient Greek theatreMovement of ‘the flower’: Noh aestheticsCase Study #1: Satoshi Miyagi’s Antigone (2017)Gestural movement: Roman rhetoricCase Study #2: I Am My Own Wife (2003)Movement as style: The NatyasastraCase Study #3: Zero Degrees (2005)Processional movementHostility to movement: The anti-theatrical prejudiceRenaissance movement - from the vernacular to the cosmosCase Study #4: The Tempest (1611, 2016)Movement of the automatonCase Study #5: War Horse (2007)ConclusionSECTION TWOMovement Systems and Embodied ActionHolistic Systems: Craig, Delsarte and DalcrozeCase Study #1: Operation Orfeo (1993)Movement vitality: PhenomenologyMovement plasticity: Stanislavski and IbsenCase Study #2: Hedda Gabler (2005)Movement mechanics: MeyerholdCase Study #3, part a: The Constant Prince (1915)Movement dynamics: LabanMovement arrangement: BrechtCase Study #4: Mother Courage and Her Children (1949, 2006)Movement somatics: GrotowskiCase Study #3, part b: The Constant Prince (1965)Movement assemblage: ButohMovement Sociology: CrowdsConclusionSECTION THREEMovement in Contemporary TheatreSpeed: Attempts on Her Life (1997, 2007)Slowness: The Artist is Present (2010)Animation: Blackie Blackie Brown (2018)Force: World Factory (2014), Made in Bangladesh (2015) and World Factory (2016)ConclusionNotesReferencesFurther ReadingIndex