Performance art

Archaeologies of Presence is a brilliant exploration of how the performance of presence can be understood through the relationships between performance theory and archaeological thinking.

Archaeologies of Presence is a brilliant exploration of how the performance of presence can be understood through the relationships between performance theory and archaeological thinking.

'We have good reason to be wary of mise en scene, but that is all the more reason to question this wariness .

'We have good reason to be wary of mise en scene, but that is all the more reason to question this wariness .

Active Analysis combines two of Maria Knebel's most important books, On Active Analysis of the Play and the Role and The Word in the Actor's Creative Work, in a single edition conceived and edited by one of Knebel's most famous students, the renowned theatre and film director, Anatoli Vassiliev.

Active Analysis combines two of Maria Knebel's most important books, On Active Analysis of the Play and the Role and The Word in the Actor's Creative Work, in a single edition conceived and edited by one of Knebel's most famous students, the renowned theatre and film director, Anatoli Vassiliev.

The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader has been the key introductory text to all types of performance for over fifteen years.

The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader has been the key introductory text to all types of performance for over fifteen years.

Bertolt Brecht turned to cabaret; Ariane Mnouchkine went to the circus; Joan Littlewood wanted to open a palace of fun.

Bertolt Brecht turned to cabaret; Ariane Mnouchkine went to the circus; Joan Littlewood wanted to open a palace of fun.

The Performance Arts in Africa is the first anthology of key writings on African performance from many parts of the continent.

The Performance Arts in Africa is the first anthology of key writings on African performance from many parts of the continent.

Breaking new ground in the study of performance theory, this maverick and powerful project from renowned Renaissance scholar and queer theorist Simon Shepherd presents a unique take on theory and the physical reality of theatre.

Breaking new ground in the study of performance theory, this maverick and powerful project from renowned Renaissance scholar and queer theorist Simon Shepherd presents a unique take on theory and the physical reality of theatre.

This new paperback edition of the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nations, including the nations which re-emerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

This new paperback edition of the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nations, including the nations which re-emerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

Interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco is one of North America's leading interpreters of intercultural theory and practice.

Interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco is one of North America's leading interpreters of intercultural theory and practice.

First Published in 2002.

First Published in 2002.

This new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States.

This new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States.

This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War, including plays from Germany and France never before available in translation.

This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War, including plays from Germany and France never before available in translation.

Re: Direction is an extraordinary resource for practitioners and students on directing.

Re: Direction is an extraordinary resource for practitioners and students on directing.

The Decroux Sourcebook is the first point of reference for any student of the 'hidden master' of twentieth century theatre.

The Decroux Sourcebook is the first point of reference for any student of the 'hidden master' of twentieth century theatre.

'One of the great stories of the American theater.

'One of the great stories of the American theater.

The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance.

The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance.

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"e;This updated edition of Bornstein's formative My Gender Workbook (1997) provides an invigorating introduction to contemporary theory around gender, sexuality, and power.

"e;This updated edition of Bornstein's formative My Gender Workbook (1997) provides an invigorating introduction to contemporary theory around gender, sexuality, and power.

As the nature of contemporary performance continues to expand into new forms, genres and media, it requires an increasingly diverse vocabulary.

As the nature of contemporary performance continues to expand into new forms, genres and media, it requires an increasingly diverse vocabulary.

From its very beginnings, theatre has been both an art and a public space, shared by actors and spectators.

From its very beginnings, theatre has been both an art and a public space, shared by actors and spectators.

Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.

Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.

In this engaging cross-disciplinary study, Timothy Murray examines the artistic struggle over traumatic fantasies of race, gender, sexuality, and power.

In this engaging cross-disciplinary study, Timothy Murray examines the artistic struggle over traumatic fantasies of race, gender, sexuality, and power.

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention.

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention.

Radical Street Performance is the first volume to collect together the fascinating array of writings by activists, directors, performers, critics, scholars and journalists who have documented street theatre around the world.

Radical Street Performance is the first volume to collect together the fascinating array of writings by activists, directors, performers, critics, scholars and journalists who have documented street theatre around the world.

This is a book about the exhilaration and the catastrophe of embodiment.

This is a book about the exhilaration and the catastrophe of embodiment.