Performance art

An email conversation between a noted poet.

In a time of intensifying xenophobia and anti-immigration measures, this book examines the impulse to acquire a deeper understanding of cultural others.

Most people agree that witnessing a live performance is not the same as seeing it on screen; however, most of the performances we experience are in recorded forms.

Embodied Reckonings examines the political and cultural aspects of contemporary performances that have grappled with the history of the "e;comfort women,"e; the Japanese military's euphemism for the sexual enslavement of girls and young women-mostly Korean-in the years before and during World War II.

Embodied Reckonings examines the political and cultural aspects of contemporary performances that have grappled with the history of the "e;comfort women,"e; the Japanese military's euphemism for the sexual enslavement of girls and young women-mostly Korean-in the years before and during World War II.

Most people agree that witnessing a live performance is not the same as seeing it on screen; however, most of the performances we experience are in recorded forms.

In a time of intensifying xenophobia and anti-immigration measures, this book examines the impulse to acquire a deeper understanding of cultural others.

As Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin traveled around the world, it was molded by the imaginations and needs of international audiences.

As Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin traveled around the world, it was molded by the imaginations and needs of international audiences.

Since the turn of the millennium South Korea has continued to grapple with transgressions that shook the nation to its core.

Since the turn of the millennium South Korea has continued to grapple with transgressions that shook the nation to its core.

Crying holds a privileged place in conversations around emotions as an expression of authentic feeling.

Crying holds a privileged place in conversations around emotions as an expression of authentic feeling.

Religion, Performances, and Democracy examines how religion has profoundly influenced the socio political and cultural landscape of South Asia, shaping identities, public and private spaces, and social relationships over centuries.

Religion, Performances, and Democracy examines how religion has profoundly influenced the socio political and cultural landscape of South Asia, shaping identities, public and private spaces, and social relationships over centuries.

The 'macabre', as a process and product, has been haunting the theatre - and more broadly, performance - for thousands of years.

What do independence and collectivity have to do with dis/ability performance?

What do independence and collectivity have to do with dis/ability performance?

In this dynamic collection a team of experts map the development of Live Art culturally, thematically and historically.

In this dynamic collection a team of experts map the development of Live Art culturally, thematically and historically.

This study describes and applies the pedagogical method of the actor, director, and dramatic theorist, Michael Chekhov (1891-1955), as a unique phenomenon in the broader context of modern theatre history.

This study describes and applies the pedagogical method of the actor, director, and dramatic theorist, Michael Chekhov (1891-1955), as a unique phenomenon in the broader context of modern theatre history.

This study describes and applies the pedagogical method of the actor, director, and dramatic theorist, Michael Chekhov (1891-1955), as a unique phenomenon in the broader context of modern theatre history.

Der Zauberer gehört zu jenen Figuren, die älter sind als die moderne Bühne, älter als das Varieté, älter auch als der bewusste Begriff der Illusion.

Michael Jackson steht nicht nur für ein Werk, sondern für eine Erscheinung, in der sich Klang, Bewegung und Bild zu einer Einheit verdichten.

Mass Performance: Systems and Citizens examines mass performance systems from the first major festival of the French Revolution through the democratic and socialist movements of the nationalizing nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Europe, to totalitarian communist and socialist regimes in the twentieth century, ending with contemporary North Korea.

Mass Performance: Systems and Citizens examines mass performance systems from the first major festival of the French Revolution through the democratic and socialist movements of the nationalizing nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Europe, to totalitarian communist and socialist regimes in the twentieth century, ending with contemporary North Korea.

A wide-ranging, future-focused study from a variety of cultural and academic perspectives, this illustrated book brings together a range of internationally recognised scholars committed to mapping and unpacking the political, historical, affective, and aesthetic dimensions of madness and mental distress in literary and visual cultures.

A wide-ranging, future-focused study from a variety of cultural and academic perspectives, this illustrated book brings together a range of internationally recognised scholars committed to mapping and unpacking the political, historical, affective, and aesthetic dimensions of madness and mental distress in literary and visual cultures.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Kunst - Installationen, Aktionskunst, 'moderne' Kunst, Note: 1, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Kunstpädagogik), Veranstaltung: Was ist Kunst?

Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Kunst - Sonstiges, Note: 1,0, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welches Potenzial Performance Art bietet, um ästhetische Erfahrungen zu machen.

In How to Understand Theatre Audiences, Kirsty Sedgman offers a bold rethinking of what it means to watch, experience, and make meaning from live performance.

In How to Understand Theatre Audiences, Kirsty Sedgman offers a bold rethinking of what it means to watch, experience, and make meaning from live performance.

This book offers a groundbreaking investigation into issues of gender, power and the representation of sovereignty in French Baroque court ballet and in today's performances that recall them.

This book offers a groundbreaking investigation into issues of gender, power and the representation of sovereignty in French Baroque court ballet and in today's performances that recall them.

Robot Theaters explores the fascinating theatrical nature of robots and their unique capacity to illuminate human performativity through their own machinic performances.

The body is a rich object for aesthetic inquiry.

This anthology examines non-professional performance in cinema, exploring how "e;ordinary people"e; challenge dominant theories of film acting across fiction, documentary, and realist media aesthetics.

This anthology examines non-professional performance in cinema, exploring how "e;ordinary people"e; challenge dominant theories of film acting across fiction, documentary, and realist media aesthetics.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Presss Open Access publishing program.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Presss Open Access publishing program.

This global anthology offers a constellation of practices, genealogies, contexts, movements, events, artists, theories, and debates around performance art and its meaning, current and future research, and emerging critical discourse.

The Philosophy of Theatre, Drama and Acting is the ideal collection for students and scholars of aesthetics, theatre studies and the philosophy of art.