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Brings together a cohesive and coherent account of the dramaturgy
of sound in three key contemporary performance genres. Written for
contemporary performance scholars and upper level students, using
case studies and clear genre delineations. Moves existing
scholarship in this area forward by drawing on a wealth of
supplementary material tied to its research funding, including a
full dataset, interview footage and a podcast.
Brings together a cohesive and coherent account of the dramaturgy
of sound in three key contemporary performance genres. Written for
contemporary performance scholars and upper level students, using
case studies and clear genre delineations. Moves existing
scholarship in this area forward by drawing on a wealth of
supplementary material tied to its research funding, including a
full dataset, interview footage and a podcast.
'Dr. Radosavljevic has an excellent and extensive grasp of her
subject, and deep understanding of not only the history of these
groups, but how they function, and how each contributes to the
field of ensemble theatre.' - David Crespy, University of Missouri,
USA Questions of ensemble - what it is, how it works - are both
inherent to a variety of Western theatre traditions, and
re-emerging and evolving in striking new ways in the twenty-first
century. The Contemporary Ensemble draws together an unprecedented
range of original interviews with world-renowned theatre-makers in
order to directly address both the former and latter concerns.
Reflecting on 'the ensemble way of working' within this major new
resource are figures including: Michael Boyd, Hermann Wundrich,
Yuri Butusov, Max Stafford-Clark, Elizabeth LeCompte, Lyn Gardner,
Adriano Shaplin, Phelim McDermott; and Emma Rice; representing
companies including: The RSC; The Berliner Ensemble; The Satirikon
Theatre; Out of Joint; The Wooster Group; Kneehigh Theatre; Song of
the Goat; The Riot Group; The Neo-Futurists; Shadow Casters; and
Ontroerend Goed. All 22 interviews were conducted especially for
the collection, and draw upon the author's rich background working
as scholar, educator and dramaturg with a variety of ensembles. The
resulting compendium radically re-situates the ensemble in the
context of globalisation, higher education and simplistic
understandings of 'text-based' and 'devised' theatre practice, and
traces a compelling new line through the contemporary theatre
landscape.
'Dr. Radosavljevic has an excellent and extensive grasp of her
subject, and deep understanding of not only the history of these
groups, but how they function, and how each contributes to the
field of ensemble theatre.' - David Crespy, University of Missouri,
USA Questions of ensemble - what it is, how it works - are both
inherent to a variety of Western theatre traditions, and
re-emerging and evolving in striking new ways in the twenty-first
century. The Contemporary Ensemble draws together an unprecedented
range of original interviews with world-renowned theatre-makers in
order to directly address both the former and latter concerns.
Reflecting on 'the ensemble way of working' within this major new
resource are figures including: Michael Boyd, Hermann Wundrich,
Yuri Butusov, Max Stafford-Clark, Elizabeth LeCompte, Lyn Gardner,
Adriano Shaplin, Phelim McDermott; and Emma Rice; representing
companies including: The RSC; The Berliner Ensemble; The Satirikon
Theatre; Out of Joint; The Wooster Group; Kneehigh Theatre; Song of
the Goat; The Riot Group; The Neo-Futurists; Shadow Casters; and
Ontroerend Goed. All 22 interviews were conducted especially for
the collection, and draw upon the author's rich background working
as scholar, educator and dramaturg with a variety of ensembles. The
resulting compendium radically re-situates the ensemble in the
context of globalisation, higher education and simplistic
understandings of 'text-based' and 'devised' theatre practice, and
traces a compelling new line through the contemporary theatre
landscape.
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Directors' Theatre (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Peter M Boenisch, David Williams, David Bradby; Contributions by Edith Cassiers, Timmy De Laet, …
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This extended new edition of a seminal text marks the 30th
anniversary of the original book's major intervention in the
discipline. Bradby and Williams' field-defining book introduced the
continental-European approach to directing, recognising the work of
the modern stage director as an artist in his or her own right for
the first time. Now edited by Peter M. Boenisch in collaboration
with David Williams, this new edition includes an additional four
chapters by leading contemporary experts on theatre direction.
Covering recent practices and developments, as well as new trends
in the academic research on directing, Directors' Theatre
interrogates working ethics and performance aesthetics, directors'
work with actors as a central creative source and their responses
to the ongoing reassessment of theatre's role and function in
contemporary culture. This long-awaited reissue will make a
classic, authoritative study on directors and directing accessible
to a new generation of students, scholars and artists. It is
essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of
Theatre, Performance Studies and Directing. New to this Edition: -
Includes four new chapters written by leading contemporary experts
on theatre direction: Patrice Pavis, Katalin Trencsenyi, the
research team of Luk Van den Dries, and DuskaRadosavljevic - New
chapters discuss recent approaches and developments in theatre
directing as well as research on directing, including artists such
as Luk Perceval, Daniel Jeanneteau, Improbable and Ivo van Hove,
while also introducing the development of theatre direction in
Eastern Europe - The original text has been carefully revised by
David Williams and chapters have been supplemented with new
introductions and conclusions
The world of theatre criticism is rapidly changing in its form,
function and modes of operation in the twenty-first century. The
dominance of the internet has led to a growing trend of
selfappointed theatre critics and bloggers who are changing the
focus and purpose of the discussion around live performance. Even
though the blogosphere has garnered suspicion and hostility from
some mainstream newspaper critics, it has also provided significant
intellectual and ideological challenges to the increasingly
conservative profile of the professional critic. This book features
16 commissioned contributions from scholars, arts journalists and
bloggers, as well as a small selection of innovative critical
practice. Authors from Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Greece,
Italy, Latvia, Russia, the UK and the US share their perspectives
on relevant historical, theoretical and political contexts
influencing the development of the discipline, as well as specific
aspects of the contemporary practices and genres of theatre
criticism. The book features an introductory essay by its editor,
Duska Radosavljevic.
This extended new edition of a seminal text marks the 30th
anniversary of the original book's major intervention in the
discipline. Bradby and Williams' field-defining book introduced the
continental-European approach to directing, recognising the work of
the modern stage director as an artist in his or her own right for
the first time. Now edited by Peter M. Boenisch in collaboration
with David Williams, this new edition includes an additional four
chapters by leading contemporary experts on theatre direction.
Covering recent practices and developments, as well as new trends
in the academic research on directing, Directors' Theatre
interrogates working ethics and performance aesthetics, directors'
work with actors as a central creative source and their responses
to the ongoing reassessment of theatre's role and function in
contemporary culture. This long-awaited reissue will make a
classic, authoritative study on directors and directing accessible
to a new generation of students, scholars and artists. It is
essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of
Theatre, Performance Studies and Directing. New to this Edition: -
Includes four new chapters written by leading contemporary experts
on theatre direction: Patrice Pavis, Katalin Trencsenyi, the
research team of Luk Van den Dries, and DuskaRadosavljevic - New
chapters discuss recent approaches and developments in theatre
directing as well as research on directing, including artists such
as Luk Perceval, Daniel Jeanneteau, Improbable and Ivo van Hove,
while also introducing the development of theatre direction in
Eastern Europe - The original text has been carefully revised by
David Williams and chapters have been supplemented with new
introductions and conclusions
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