"Each volume provides substantial treatment of three major directors, with each director considered by two specialists, combining analysis of the director's practical craft with accounts of the historical, cultural and theoretical context of their practice. Links between the featured directors and other artists and directors from the period are traced to round out the picture of influences and artistic development."--
"Each volume provides substantial treatment of three major directors, with each director considered by two specialists, combining analysis of the director's practical craft with accounts of the historical, cultural and theoretical context of their practice. Links between the featured directors and other artists and directors from the period are traced to round out the picture of influences and artistic development."--
Ann M. Shanahan is Chair of the Department of Theatre at Purdue University, USA. Her research interests and teaching specialties include directing, gender and theatrical space, and theatre and social change. Professor Shanahan served as dramaturg for the national touring production of Angels in America, Parts I and II (dir. Michael Meyer), Third (dir. Sarah Gabel) and The Mistress Cycle (dir. Kurt Johns) at Appletree Theatre, among others.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Series Introduction James Peck (Muhlenberg College USA) Acknowledgments Introduction: Theatres of Perception Ann M. Shanahan (Purdue University USA) Meredith Monk 1. Meredith Monk: Five Decades of Embodied Innovation Nancy Putnam Smithner (New York University USA) 2. The Theatre of Meredith Monk: Embodying Wholeness by Working Between the Cracks Ann M. Shanahan (Purdue University USA) Richard Foreman 3. Make 'em dance: The Directorial Strategy of Richard Foreman Neal Swettenham (Independent Scholar UK) 4. "What a Time It Was": Richard Foreman and the Heyday of the East Village Avant-Garde David Callaghan (University of Montevallo USA) Robert Wilson 5. Robert Wilson's Sonosphere Maria Shevtsova (Goldsmiths University of London UK) 6. Standing at the Threshold: Robert Wilson as a Designer-Director Ewa Kara (Independent Scholar USA) Notes on Contributors Index
List of Figures Series Introduction James Peck (Muhlenberg College USA) Acknowledgments Introduction: Theatres of Perception Ann M. Shanahan (Purdue University USA) Meredith Monk 1. Meredith Monk: Five Decades of Embodied Innovation Nancy Putnam Smithner (New York University USA) 2. The Theatre of Meredith Monk: Embodying Wholeness by Working Between the Cracks Ann M. Shanahan (Purdue University USA) Richard Foreman 3. Make 'em dance: The Directorial Strategy of Richard Foreman Neal Swettenham (Independent Scholar UK) 4. "What a Time It Was": Richard Foreman and the Heyday of the East Village Avant-Garde David Callaghan (University of Montevallo USA) Robert Wilson 5. Robert Wilson's Sonosphere Maria Shevtsova (Goldsmiths University of London UK) 6. Standing at the Threshold: Robert Wilson as a Designer-Director Ewa Kara (Independent Scholar USA) Notes on Contributors Index
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