This book investigates the aesthetic and political dialectics of East Berlin to argue how its theater and opera stages incited artists to act out, fuel, and resist the troubled construction of political legitimacy.
Applied Theatre and Gender Justice is a collection of essays highlighting the value and efficacy of using applied theatre to address gender in a broad range of settings, identifying challenges, and offering concrete best practices.
Meanings are realized at the point of reception and this volume intends to offer an in-depth discussion of some of the meanings associated with and raised by the figure of Telamonian Ajax at various, specifically contextualized, and yet somehow connectable 'points of reception'.
S’inscrivant dans la perspective des études actorales, cet essai aborde les concepts d’« intime » et d’ « extime » grâce au jeu scénique et vocal de Marina Hands et Éric Ruf dans les mises en scène de Patrice Chéreau de Phèdre de Jean Racine et d’Yves Beaunesne de Partage de midi de Paul Claudel.
This book provides an overall history of the regional theatre movement in the US, while also utilizing specific accomplishments and failures in addition to crucial administrative and artistic decisions to chart larger developments in American theatre, most notably the craze for new play development, the death of resident companies in professional theatres, the passion to reflect social causes (especially social justice and the #MeToo movement), and the troubling economic state of contemporary regional theatres.
Through the lens of performance and politics, this collection zooms in on the context-specific dimensions, analogies, and micro-histories of the Left to better understand the larger picture.
This book provides an overall history of the regional theatre movement in the US, while also utilizing specific accomplishments and failures in addition to crucial administrative and artistic decisions to chart larger developments in American theatre, most notably the craze for new play development, the death of resident companies in professional theatres, the passion to reflect social causes (especially social justice and the #MeToo movement), and the troubling economic state of contemporary regional theatres.
Teaching Dance Improvisation serves as an introduction to, and a springboard for the author's theories, practices, and curriculum building of dance improvisation as a technique.
This book is the first definitive publication to consider the intersections of applied theatre and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - a series of goals which have shaped development and social justice initiatives from 2015 to 2030.
The book offers the reader a clear model of reflection on a work of theater art, it is a summary of 20th century knowledge on this subject, a specific synthesis of the consequences and achievements of contemporary theatrical autonomism.
Krzysztof Plesniarowicz draws differences between Western and Eastern European absurdism, points out similarities and adjacencies, and emphasises the function fulfilled by the theatre of the absurd in Eastern Europe: the representation of the drama of a man deprived of freedom.
Screen plays is a ground-breaking collection that chronicles the rich and surprising history of stage plays produced for the small screen between 1930 and the present.
"Ghosts of the Eighteenth Century" is more than just a play, it is a poignant message about struggle and challenge, and an interesting journey into the world of revolution and the struggle for justice and freedom.
