Physical Dramaturgy (eBook, ePUB)

Perspectives from the Field
Redaktion: Bowditch, Rachel; Thornton, Annette; Casazza, Jeff

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What is physical dramaturgy?

While the traditional dramaturg shares research intellectually, the physical dramaturg does so viscerally and somatically. By combining elements of text, history, dramatic structure, and the author's intent with movement analysis and physical theatre pedagogies, the physical dramaturg gives actors the opportunity to manifest their work in a connected and intuitive manner and creates a field that is as varied and rich as the theatre itself

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134827497
• Artikelnr.: 56835394

Autorenporträt

Rachel Bowditch (PhD in Performance Studies, New York University) is a theatre director, an associate professor, and Head of the MFA in Performance at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, USA. Bowditch was President of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators from 2016-2018. Jeff Casazza (MFA in Directing, Florida State University) is a designated Linklater voice teacher, director/deviser, playwright, and actor. He is an associate professor and Head of Acting, Movement, and Voice at Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. Annette Thornton (PhD in Theatre, University of Colorado Boulder) is an associate professor at Central Michigan University, USA, where she teaches courses in music theatre, performance, and history. Thornton was President of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators from 2012-2016.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I Historical styles and case studies from the Greeks to contemporary theatre
Chapter 1 Embodying Greek period style: Physical dramaturgy in staging Euripides' Medea
Chapter 2 Festina Lente and Sprezzatura in action: Unlikely sources of physical dramaturgy in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost and As You Like It
Chapter 3 Shakespeare's text in the body of the character in The Winter's Tale
Chapter 4 Period style: The physical dramaturgy of Loyd Williamson's Salon
Chapter 5 Understanding the world of the play through period movement
PART II Inner landscapes: Dramaturgy from within
Chapter 6 Dramaturgy as litany
Chapter 7 A dramaturgy of embodiment: The study and practice of experiential anatomy
Chapter 8 The augmented body
Chapter 9 Mining the imagination: A physical approach to the creation of story with Action Theater
PART III Acts of translation: Physical dramaturgy in the rehearsal room
Chapter 10 Devising Brechtian moments: The transformation of traditional dramaturgy into physical dramaturgy
Chapter 11 "Lit from within": Non-traditional casting in Chekhovian realism through physical dramaturgy
Chapter 12 The alchemy of re-composing history in Iphigenia and Other Daughters
13 Quadruple threat musical theatre: Adding the physical dramaturg
Chapter 14 Kinetic analysis and gesture mapping in The Government Inspector and Anton's Shorts
PART IV Physical dramaturgy in the devising process
15 The search for synecdoche: Insight into Pig Iron Theatre Company's physical dramaturgy. Quinn Bauriedel interview, July 29, 2016
Chapter 16 Devising 'madness': Physical dramaturgy in The Ophelia Project and Asylum
Chapter 17 The phenomenon of silence. Bill Bowers interview, September 9, 2017
Chapter 18 Butoh, landscape theatre, and the physical dramaturgy of Gale GAtes et al.
Chapter 19 Moment Work: Exploring the full potential of the stage. Moisés Kaufman interview, July 20, 2017
Chapter 20 Physical dramaturgy: Reflections for the actor, director, designer, and deviser
Index