Great Festival

Olav Harsløf is former professor at the Department of Performance Design, Roskilde University, Denmark, and before that head of The Danish National Academy of Theatre, and the Danish National Conservatory of Rhythmic Music. He has, together with Dorita Hannah, edited the book Performance Design (Museum Tusculanum Press 2008) and written the article "PHantom of the Operas in Sidney and Copenhagen"; and together with Erik Kristiansen edited the book Engaging Spaces - Sites of Performance, Interaction and Reflection (Museum Tusculanum Press 2015) and written the article "Space as Provocation".

• Preface IntroductionFestival Myths: "A Classic Tragedy" Dionysus at Roskilde? Festival and Carnival Performance Design Theoretics and Methodologies What is a Festival? Dionysian and Apollonian The Dilemma of Researching AntiquityDemocracy or Phallocracy? In the Beginning was the AgoraNew ResearchThe Scene is Set – and MovedThe Dionysian FeastThe Festival Square: Hall & TribuneThe Wooden Greek TheaterRepertoireThe Playwrights Women in the Theater? Music and Song"The Singing Jar"The Music CultureTheater MusicThe InstrumentsAulos and Auloi NotesDanceTheater Buck Song? Theater Sport and X-Factor The Festival Standard Program for Athens’ Great Dionysian Feast in the Classical EraTragedy’s Paradigmatic Function The Cult of DionysusGods and HumansOrgy or Festival?The Pan Athenaic FestivalThe ProcessionAnalysis Performance Studies "Social Drama" Antiquity’s Social Drama Ritual and Entertainment "Restored Behavior" The Performative Space The Code of DionysusThe Roskilde Festival The Livestock FairgroundsResearch Situation and MethodologyMusic in Time – Time in Music The 68 Youth Revolution The Movements The Isle of Wight Woodstock The Three Woodstocks At Roskilde The Roskilde FoundationThe PoliceThe Canopy Symbol Organization and EconomyThe MusicInstruments and GearThe ProgramNude CultureThe Great Liberation Orgies Mud Wrestling and the Naked Race Free Sex #MeTooThe Accident The Festival’s Leader Dionysus at Roskilde Roskilde The Code of Roskilde The Great FestivalThe Performative Space BibliographyIndex