Street performance has long been a staple of radical and visionary
political movements. Typically, theater transports an audience to a
reality apart from the everyday. Radical street performance strives
to transport everyday reality to something more ideal. Because the
spectators are not necessarily predisposed to theater-going, it
takes place in public spaces and is usually free of charge.
Potentially, street performance creates a bridge between imagined
and real actions, , often facilitated by staging the event at the
very sites of power the performers seek to transform.
"Radical Street Performance" is the first volume to collect the
fascinating array of writings by activists, directors, performers,
critics, scholars and journalists who have documented political
performance in streets around the world. These essays look at
performance in Europe, Africa, China, India and both of the
Americas, and describe engagements with issues as diverse as
abortion, colonialism, the environment and homophobia, to name only
a sampling. Including coverage of the highly performative political
activities of organizations such as ACT-UP and Greenpeace, the
public spectacle of Abbie Hoffman's political radicalism, and the
writings of Tolstoy, this is truly a new kind of primer for the
study of politics and performance.
"Radical Street Performance" is an inspirational testimony to this
international performance tradition, and a valuable record of a
form of theater that continues to flourish in an increasingly
apolitical and televisual age. Contributors: Eugenio Barba, Augusto
Boal, Dwight Conquergood, Abbie Hoffman, Baz Kershaw, Nellie
Richard, Richard Schechner, Diana Taylor, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, David
Welch.
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