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Europe is a continent in a state of rapid-- and frequently
unsettling, transition. In the past five years, a total of twelve
new states have emerged in a continent in which only five countries
can boast of having had stable borders for more than a hundred
years.
Accompanied by in-depth articles and interviews discussing
European performance today, "Letters from Europe" uses the framing
device of the letter-- letters from theater makers, artists and
critics-- to present an intensive, up-to-date survey of the
performance forms of the new Europe, the relationship of the old
and the new, the minority theaters in Europe and the place of
dissident theaters in fin-de-siecle Europe.
Performance Research: On Ritual will examine a range of ritual
practices bordering on or intended to be seen as theatre. It will
explore both historical and systematic connections between ritual
and theatre, present the work of contemporary artists, and reflect
on the role and meaning of ritual for theatrical purposes in the
late 20th century.
Performance Research: On Ritual will examine a range of ritual
practices bordering on or intended to be seen as theatre. It will
explore both historical and systematic connections between ritual
and theatre, present the work of contemporary artists, and reflect
on the role and meaning of ritual for theatrical purposes in the
late 20th century.
The question of illusion and reality - the relationship of
representation and lived experience to the arts and to broader
philosophical considerations - continues to be a central issue in
contemporary performance.
The question of illusion and reality--the relation of lived
experience and representation to the arts and to broader
philosophical considerations--continues to be a central issue in
contemporary performance. "On Illusion" will address this question
in relation to a variety of topics. Contents: 5 Microlectures on
Performance Writing and Illusion Texts "Matthew Ghoulish and Goat
Island;" On Rose English "Lynn MacRitchie" Hotel Pro Forma "Exe
Christofferson;" Truthful Trickery: Shamanism, Performance, and
Reality "Etzel Cardena"
This issue explores risk taken and encountered in a variety of
disciplines. The primary focus here is on the perception of risk:
its relationship to the artist's work in performance, and the
physical, cultural and political contexts in which the work takes
place.
Contributors: Lynn MacRitchie, Chrissie Iles, Jan Linders, Heiner
Muller and Robert Wilson, Tracey Warr, Ato Quayson.
Europe is a continent in a state of rapid - and frequently
unsettling, transition. In the past five years, a total of twelve
new states have emerged in a continent in which only five countries
can boast of having had stable borders for more than a hundred
years. Accompanied by in-depth articles and interviews discussing
European performance today, Letters From Europe uses the framing
device of the letter - letters from theatre makers, artists and
critics - to present an intensive, up-to-date survey of the
performance forms of the new Europe and their relationship with the
past.
Exploring thirty years of work by The Centre for Performance
Research (CPR), A Performance Cosmology explores the future
challenges of performance and theatre through a diverse and
fascinating series of interviews, testimonies and perspectives from
leading international theatre practitioners and academics.
Contributors include: Philip Auslander, Rustom Bharucha, Tim
Etchells, Jane Goodall, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Jon Mckenzie, Claire
MacDonald, Susan Melrose, Alphonso Lingis, Richard Schechner,
Rebecca Schneider, Edward Scheer, and Freddie Rokem.
A Performance Cosmology is structured as a travelogue through a
matrix of strategic, imaginary, interdisciplinary field stations.
This innovative framework enables readings which disrupt linearity
and afford different forms of thematic engagement. The resulting
volume opens entirely new vistas on the old, new, and as yet
unimagined, worlds of performance.
This book focuses on new developments in employment in Asia. The
context for this discussion is provided by the processes of
globalisation, and the associated debate on labour standards.
Individual chapters focus on issues such as the role of NGOs as
surrogate unions, employment regulation in export processing zones,
social protection, and the impact of political reform on the
employment relationship.
This volume was previously published as a special issue of the
journal Asia Pacific Business Review.
'Government by its very nature counteracts the improvement of
original mind' - William Godwin William Godwin was the first major
anarchist thinker in the Anglophone world, who rocked the
establishment at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Famously
married to Mary Wollstonecraft, father to Mary Shelley and
inspiration to Lord Byron, his life and works lie at the heart of
British Radicalism and Romanticism. In this biography, Richard
Gough Thomas reads Godwin afresh, drawing on newly discovered
letters and journals. He situates Godwin's early life in the
counterculture of eighteenth-century religious dissent, before
moving on to exploring the ideas of the French Revolution. As
Godwin's groundbreaking works propelled him from Whig party hack to
celebrity philosopher, his love affair with Mary Wollstonecraft saw
him ostracised in both liberal and conservative circles. Godwin's
anarchism always remained at the centre of his work, and remains
his key legacy, inspiring libertarians, both left and right-wing.
This biography places Godwin alongside his famous family as a major
political, ethical and educational writer and shows why a
reappraisal of his ideas is needed today.
'Government by its very nature counteracts the improvement of
original mind' - William Godwin William Godwin was the first major
anarchist thinker in the Anglophone world, who rocked the
establishment at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Famously
married to Mary Wollstonecraft, father to Mary Shelley and
inspiration to Lord Byron, his life and works lie at the heart of
British Radicalism and Romanticism. In this biography, Richard
Gough Thomas reads Godwin afresh, drawing on newly discovered
letters and journals. He situates Godwin's early life in the
counterculture of eighteenth-century religious dissent, before
moving on to exploring the ideas of the French Revolution. As
Godwin's groundbreaking works propelled him from Whig party hack to
celebrity philosopher, his love affair with Mary Wollstonecraft saw
him ostracised in both liberal and conservative circles. Godwin's
anarchism always remained at the centre of his work, and remains
his key legacy, inspiring libertarians, both left and right-wing.
This biography places Godwin alongside his famous family as a major
political, ethical and educational writer and shows why a
reappraisal of his ideas is needed today.
The Cheerleader brings London to its knees, striking without mercy,
killing a succession of people who appear to be unconnected to each
other... or are they? Surrounded by death, newly transitioned
London Underground worker Raagavi Saranthan cannot understand why
all those around her are being violently murdered. Especially as it
is those who have caused Raagavi misery who seem to be the victims
of the mysterious Cheerleader. Enter Rachel Cortes, a DCI who seems
to follow no laws, nor answer to anyone. Fuelled by her sheer
disdain for everyone and everything, Cortes must investigate the
psychological world of a killer intent on vengeance for all the
right reasons. Nothing is off limits as depravity, sexuality and
corruption merge with a sound moral compass complete with
upstanding values. There is no line that the Cheerleader will not
cross. Raagavi's world is in the hands of all but herself. Through
all of this, Rachel Cortes must navigate an investigation where a
simple slight or misspoken truth results in the ultimate penalty.
Can Cortes get to the bottom of the case or is the strangely
supportive Cheerleader creating a better world?
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