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The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Series: Performance and Design
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A classic work of theatre history and criticism when first
published, Arnold Aronson's formative study surveyed the phenomenon
known as environmental theatre. Now updated in this richly
illustrated second edition to reflect developments and practice
since the 1980s, it offers readers a comprehensive study of the
theatre practice which has evolved to become the dominant mode of
much contemporary innovative performance. For most audiences,
particularly in the Western tradition, theatre means going to a
building in which seats face a stage on which actors perform a
play. But there has always been a vital alternative that came to be
known as environmental theatre. Whether in folk performances,
street theatre, avant-garde performance, utopian architecture,
Happenings, mass spectacles, or contemporary immersive theatre, the
relationship of the spectator to the performance has been one in
which the audience is surrounded or immersed in a shared space, in
which the multiple events may be happening simultaneously, and in
which the experience of theatrical space is visceral and often
kinetic. This book examines the history of this phenomenon and
looks at a range of contemporary practice. New chapters examine how
the 'transformed spaces' of earlier work have become the
interactive and immersive productions that characterize the work of
companies such as Punchdrunk, dreamthinkspeak, Teatro da Vertigem,
En Garde Arts, and The Industry, among others. Updated to take
account of the burgeoning scholarship on the subject, The History
and Theory of Environmental Scenography remains the authoritative
account that illuminates present day theatre practice and its
antecedents.
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