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A seminal text on what live performance is, what it means, and how
it can be theorised. Its second edition is required reading on many
theatre and performance studies courses. Uniquely controversial on
a subject which continues to be topical. Thoroughly updated to take
into account changes in media, scholarship and digital
technologies.
Over the past twenty years, 'performance' has emerged as a central analytical and critical concept. Now the focus of a burgeoning academic discipline, performance studies, it is also crucial to many other fields, including anthropology, sociology, communications, art history, cultural studies, linguistics and rhetoric. This collection brings together major texts articulating perspectives on performance and performativity. The multi-disciplinary approach of this collection reflects the growing importance of the concept of performance across a variety of disciplines. With a new introduction contextualising the concept's rise, and a full index to guide the reader through the work, this will be an invaluable reference tool for students and researchers alike.
A seminal text on what live performance is, what it means, and how
it can be theorised. Its second edition is required reading on many
theatre and performance studies courses. Uniquely controversial on
a subject which continues to be topical. Thoroughly updated to take
into account changes in media, scholarship and digital
technologies.
From Acting to Performance collects for the first time major essays by performance theorist and critic Philip Auslander. Together these essays provide a survey of the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic theatre of the 1960s to the ironic postmodernism of the 1980s. Auslander examines performance genres ranging from theatre and dance to performance art and stand-up comedy. In doing so he discusses an impressive line-up of practitioners including Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook, Willem Dafoe, the Wooster Group, Augusto Boal, Kate Bornstein, and Orlan. From Acting to Performance is a must for all students and scholars interested in contemporary theatre and performance.
"From Acting to Performance" collects for the first time major
essays by performance theorist and critic Philip Auslander.
Spanning over a decade, the essays survey the changes in acting
and performance that occurred during the transition from the
ecstatic theatre of the Vietnam era to the postmodern irony of the
1980s. Starting with the modern acting theories that inspired
theatrical experimentalists of the 1960s such as Jerzy Grotowski
and Jacques Copeau and ranging to 1990s performance artists and
stand-up comics such as Kate Bornstein and Rosanne Barr, "From
Acting to Performance" provides critical analyses of modernist
acting theories. Auslander argues that traditional theatre and
contemporary performance studies are united by shared concerns and
critical approaches.
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