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'We have good reason to be wary of mise en scene, but that is all
the more reason to question this wariness ... it seems that images
from a performance come back to haunt us, as if to prolong and
transform our experience as spectators, as if to force us to
rethink the event, to return to our pleasure or our terror.' -
Patrice Pavis, from the foreword Contemporary Mise en Scene is
Patrice Pavis's masterful analysis of the role that staging has
played in the creation and practice of theatre throughout history.
This stunningly ambitious study considers: the staged reading, at
the frontiers of mise en scene; scenography, which sometimes
replaces staging; the reinterpretation of classical and
contemporary works; the development of intercultural theatre and
ritual; new technologies and their usage live on the stage; the
postmodern practice of deconstruction. But it also applies
sustained critical attention to the challenges of defining mise en
scene, of tracking its development, and of exploring its possible
futures. Joel Anderson's powerful new translation lucidly realises
Pavis's investigation of the changing possibilities for stagecraft
in the context of performance art, physical theatre and modern
theory.
'We have good reason to be wary of mise en scene, but that is all
the more reason to question this wariness ... it seems that images
from a performance come back to haunt us, as if to prolong and
transform our experience as spectators, as if to force us to
rethink the event, to return to our pleasure or our terror.' -
Patrice Pavis, from the foreword Contemporary Mise en Scene is
Patrice Pavis's masterful analysis of the role that staging has
played in the creation and practice of theatre throughout history.
This stunningly ambitious study considers: the staged reading, at
the frontiers of mise en scene; scenography, which sometimes
replaces staging; the reinterpretation of classical and
contemporary works; the development of intercultural theatre and
ritual; new technologies and their usage live on the stage; the
postmodern practice of deconstruction. But it also applies
sustained critical attention to the challenges of defining mise en
scene, of tracking its development, and of exploring its possible
futures. Joel Anderson's powerful new translation lucidly realises
Pavis's investigation of the changing possibilities for stagecraft
in the context of performance art, physical theatre and modern
theory.
"The Theatre of Movement and Gesture" is the first English-language
translation of the classic work, "Le Theatre du Geste," by Jacques
Lecoq--one of the most influential theorists and teachers of what
is now known as physical theatre. Departing from the Stanislavski
school of acting, Lecoq emphasized physical movement, mime and
non-text-based acting. His teaching was enormously influential on a
number of well-known actors, directors and theatre practitioners,
including Ariane Mnouchkine, Robert Wilson, Julie Taymor, and Peter
Stein. This well-illustrated volume collects a number of his
writings--along with contributions from some of his disciples--and
presents a precious testimony to Lecoq's special vision of the art
of acting and of its close relationship with the history of mime
and of masked performance.
Despite his death in 1999, Lecoq's school in Paris is still a
thriving institution, with students from all over the world who
make the pilgrimage there to learn about clowning, mime, maskwork,
and other forms of non-text-based theatre. Lecoq left only a
handful of published texts, one of which David Bradby translated as
"The Moving Body," published by Methuen and Routledge Inc in
paperback in 2002.
Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq
first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it
takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance
traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his
definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the
explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth
century. Interviews with major theatre practitioners Ariane
Mnouchkine and Jean-Louis Barrault by Jean Perret, together with
chapters by Perret on A0/00tienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau, fill
out the historical material written by Lecoq, and a final section
by Alain GautrA(c) celebrates the many physical theatre
practitioners working in the 1980s.
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Modigliani (Paperback, UK ed.)
Laurent Seksik, Fabrice Le Henanff; Translated by Joel Anderson
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Propelled by illness, addiction, drink and drugs to abandon
sculpture, Modogliani is a man for whom painting is a struggle, a
painful obsession even. Despite his peers Picasso, Matisse and
Soutine already flirting with consecration, his first one-man
exhibition at Gallery Weill provokes outrage, and his nude
paintings are taken off the walls. Mogidliani is as paradoxical as
his paintings; passionate but inconstant, his love for his wife
undermined by his nights with beggars. Even his friend and patron
Leopold Zlobowski, deep in admiration of his talent, despairs.
A ship slices through the waves of the Atlantic ocean. On board is
Stefan Zweig, the renowned Austrian writer, and his second wife,
Lotte. They have left New York and are bound for Brazil; President
Vargas has just announced that he will welcome European Jews who
have been forced into exile. Will they find peace there? On 22
February 1942, Stefan Zweig and Lotte committed suicide in
Petropolis, putting an end to their wanderings. Their lives during
these last few months in Brazil are the subject of this graphic
novel, an adaptation of the novel by Stefan Seksik.
Married and family life around the world has undergone a revolution
in the last several decades: the radical democratization of
intimacy in spousal and parent-child relationships. Previous
principles of hierarchy, inequality, and duty that defined the
relationships between husband, wife, and children have been
challenged and often replaced by more fluid bonds of equality,
intimacy, emotional self-disclosure, communication, and mutual
trust. The key question that has emerged for our times, then, is
how exactly do families sustain genuine mutuality, democracy, and
strong relationships? Figuring out good answers to this question is
the major theme of this book and the origin of the title Mutuality
Matters. Three common strategies for creating just marriages have
arisen: political and legal reform, smarter negotiating by women,
and new cultural perceptions of marriage. While the authors in this
book attend to all three strategies to different degrees, the
primary focus is the third strategy: changing our cultural
understanding of women and men in marriage. Moreover, to effect
genuine cultural change, the authors recognize the need to enlist
the help of religion as a key culture-forming element. Mutuality
has become a common way for theologians from a variety of
perspectives to talk about a more just love, a love that combines
affection and justice. But many questions have been left
unanswered: What exactly do people believe they have promised when
they align themselves with Christian claims about love in their
rituals of marriage and partnership? Do Christian views of love
include the ideal of justice in marriage? Because accommodation or
sacrifice is inevitable in any intimate human community, how can
families insure that it will be mutual and just? How is marriage
strengthened if justice is added to love at the core of mutuality?
What does mutuality mean across time and distance, when
participants are parents and children, when fathers are absent,
when parents should be honored, or within a violent context? Is it
possible to have democratic families without mutual sacrifice? Can
submission be mutual? On these and other questions, the authors of
this volume claim distinctive responsibility for rethinking
Christian convictions about love and family life around the theme
of mutuality and for strengthening the ministry of religious
communities as those communities seek to empower and support
families in their practice of mutuality. The essays written for
this volume reflect the development of practical theology as one
method for exploring the religious meanings of family and enhancing
the practice of family living by 1) assuming that all theory has
implications for practice and all practices are theory laden and 2)
drawing into dialogue the knowledge and interpretations of a
variety of perspectives including philosophy, biblical criticism,
anthropology, liturgical studies, pastoral care, ethics,
cross-cultural studies, and religious education. This collection of
essays is noteworthy for both this interdisciplinary scope and its
richly ecumenical representation.
Examining the relationship between theatre and photography, this
book shows how the two intertwine and provide vantage points for
understanding each other. Joel Anderson explores the theory and
practice of photographing theatre and performance, as well as
theatre and photography's mutual preoccupation with posing,
staging, framing, and stillness.
In this pathbreaking study, Axel Honneth argues that "the
struggle for recognition" is, and should be, at the center of
social conflicts. Moving smoothly between moral philosophy and
social theory, Honneth offers insights into such issues as the
social forms of recognition and nonrecognition, the moral basis of
interaction in human conflicts, the relation between the
recognition model and conceptions of modernity, the normative basis
of social theory, and the possibility of mediating between Hegel
and Kant.
In recent years the concepts of individual autonomy and political
liberalism have been the subjects of intense debate, but these
discussions have occurred largely within separate academic
disciplines. Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism contains
essays devoted to foundational questions regarding both the notion
of the autonomous self and the nature and justification of
liberalism. Written by leading figures in moral, legal and
political theory, the volume covers inter alia the following
topics: the nature of the self and its relation to autonomy, the
social dimensions of autonomy and the political dynamics of respect
and recognition, and the concept of autonomy underlying the
principles of liberalism.
In recent years the concepts of individual autonomy and political
liberalism have been the subjects of intense debate, but these
discussions have occurred largely within separate academic
disciplines. Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism contains for
the first time new essays devoted to foundational questions
regarding both the notion of the autonomous self and the nature and
justification of liberalism. Written by leading figures in moral,
legal and political theory, the volume covers inter alia the
following topics: the nature of the self and its relation to
autonomy, the social dimensions of autonomy and the political
dynamics of respect and recognition, and the concept of autonomy
underlying the principles of liberalism.
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