Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
649 produkter
Independent Performing Arts in Europe
Establishment and Survival of an Emerging Field
Häftad, 2024
532 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This structural account of independent performing arts in Europe is complimented by an analysis of the challenging social situation within the field. This book presents a neo-institutional examination of the organizational field including its routines, scripts, and expectations which provides a …
Gorgon in the Blue Room
Diamanda Galás and the Divine Monster of Grief
Av Luca Zanchi
Inbunden, 2026
2552 kr
Kommande
Gorgon in the Blue Room explores how Diamanda Galás transforms terror into a ritual act of sonic reprisal.This groundbreaking study examines Galás’ creative process through the lens of mimetic apotropaism—the practice of embodying horror to deflect it. Drawing on extensive conversations with Galás …
Independent Performing Arts in Europe
Establishment and Survival of an Emerging Field
Inbunden, 2023
2078 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This structural account of independent performing arts in Europe is complimented by an analysis of the challenging social situation within the field. This book presents a neo-institutional examination of the organizational field including its routines, scripts, and expectations which provides a …
Beyond Innocence
Children in Performance
Av Adele Senior
Häftad, 2026
727 kr
Lägg i varukorg
On a global platform we are witnessing the increased visibility of the people we call children and teenagers as political activists.Meanwhile, across the contemporary performance landscape, children are participating as performers and collaborators in ways that resonate with this figure of the …
“Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties
Häftad, 2022
637 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage. It will provide, for the first time, a definition of the pierrot troupe and its evolution from the …
Black Queer Dance
Gay Men and the Politics of Passing for Almost Straight
Inbunden, 2024
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a groundbreaking exploration of black masculinity and sexual passing in American contemporary dance.Based on ethnographic fieldwork in New York City, the book features keen observations and in-depth interviews with acclaimed dancer-choreographers Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden …
Scenography of Howard Barker
The Wrestling School Aesthetic 1998-2011
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Influential contemporary British playwright and director Howard Barker has been engaging with the scenography of the Wrestling School’s productions since 1998. Despite this active involvement in the design of set, costume, lighting, and sound, no in-depth published study on this aspect of his work …
Deburau
Pierrot, Mime, and Culture
Av Edward Nye
Inbunden, 2022
2890 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume analyses the nature of the mime art of Deburau and of the pantomime performances of the Théâtre des Funambules in Paris in the context of Romantic art, literature and socio-political thought. Deburau and the Théâtre des Funambules are characteristic of Romantic art in that they are …
Butoh America
Butoh Dance in the United States and Mexico from 1970 to the early 2000s
Inbunden, 2022
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Butoh America unearths the people and networks that popularized Butoh dance in the Americas through a focused look at key artists, producers, and festivals in the United States and Mexico. This is the first book to gather these histories into one narrative and look at the development of American …
Meaning in the Midst of Performance
Contradictions of Participation
Av Gareth White
Inbunden, 2023
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Being an audience participant can be a confusing and contradictory experience. When a performance requires us to do things, we are put in the situation of being both actor and spectator, of being part of the work of art while also being the audience who receives it, and of being both perceiving …
Moving Relation
Touch in Contemporary Dance
Av Gerko Egert
Inbunden, 2019
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Moving Relation explores the notion of touch in the realm of contemporary dance.By closely analyzing performances by well-known European and American choreographers such as Meg Stuart, William Forsythe, Xavier Le Roy, Jared Gradinger and Angela Schubot, this book investigates their usage of touch …
Japanese Political Theatre in the 18th Century
Bunraku Puppet Plays in Social Context
Av Akihiro Odanaka, Masami Iwai
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Bunraku has fascinated theatre practitioners through its particular forms of staging, such as highly elaborated manipulation of puppets and exquisite coordination of chanters and shamisen players. However, Bunraku lacks scholarship dedicated to translating not only the language but also cultural …
Modernizing Costume Design, 1820–1920
Av Annie Holt
Inbunden, 2020
2078 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Annie Holt identifies the roots of contemporary Euro-American practices of costume design, in which costumes are an integrated part of the dramaturgy rather than a reflection of an individual performer’s taste or status. She argues that in the period 1820–1920, as part of the larger project of …
Shakespeare and Tourism
Av Robert Ormsby, Valerie Clayman Pye
Inbunden, 2022
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Shakespeare and Tourism provides a dialogical mapping of Shakespeare studies and touristic theory through a collection of essays by scholars on a wide range of material. This volume examines how Shakespeare tourism has evolved since its inception, and how the phenomenon has been influenced and …
Cruel Theatre of Self-Immolations
Contemporary Suicide Protests by Fire and Their Resonances in Culture
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A Cruel Theatre of Self-Immolations investigates contemporary protest self-burnings and their echoes across culture.The book provides a conceptual frame for the phenomenon and an annotated, comprehensive timeline of suicide protests by fire, supplemented with notes on artworks inspired by or …
Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s
Femininity, Celebrity, and Glamour
Av Kate Holmes
Inbunden, 2021
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Female solo aerialists of the 1920s and early 1930s were internationally popular performers in the largest live performance mass entertainment of the period in the UK and USA. Yet these aerialists and this period in circus history have been largely forgotten despite the iconic image of ‘the’ female …
Theatre, Exhibition, and Curation
Displayed & Performed
Av Georgina Guy
Häftad, 2019
772 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Examining the artistic, intellectual, and social life of performance, this book interrogates Theatre and Performance Studies through the lens of display and modern visual art. Moving beyond the exhibition of immaterial art and its documents, as well as re-enactment in gallery contexts, Guy's book …
Phenomenology of Blood in Performance Art
Inbunden, 2025
3533 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Phenomenology of Blood in Performance Art is a major new publication that expands the philosophical contextualisation of blood, its presence and absence, across the practice of performance art from a phenomenological perspective.Edited by T. J. Bacon (she/they) and Chelsea Coon (she/her), this …
Phenomenology of Blood in Performance Art
Häftad, 2025
667 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Phenomenology of Blood in Performance Art is a major new publication that expands the philosophical contextualisation of blood, its presence and absence, across the practice of performance art from a phenomenological perspective.Edited by T. J. Bacon (she/they) and Chelsea Coon (she/her), this …
Aotearoa New Zealand in the Global Theatre Marketplace
Travelling Theatre
Av James Wenley
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Aotearoa New Zealand in the Global Theatre Marketplace offers a case study of how the theatre of Aotearoa has toured, represented and marketed itself on the global stage. How has New Zealand work attempted to stand out, differentiate itself, and get seen by audiences internationally?This book …
Contemporary Group Theatre in Kolkata, India
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is the first of its kind offering a materialistic semiotic analysis of a non-Western theatre culture: Bengali group theatre. Arnab Banerji fills two lacunas in contemporary theatre scholarship. First, the materialist semiotic approach to studying a non-Western theatre event allows Banerji …
Genre Transgressions
Dialogues on Tragedy and Comedy
Inbunden, 2023
2513 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection gathers a set of provocative essays that sketch innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to Genre Theory in the 21st century. Focusing on the interaction between tragedy and comedy, both renowned and emerging scholarly and creative voices from philosophy, theater, literature, and …
Actor Training in Anglophone Countries
Past, Present and Future
Inbunden, 2021
2198 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Actor Training in Anglophone Countries offers a firsthand account of the most significant acting programs in English-speaking countries throughout the world. The culmination of archival research and fieldwork spanning six years, it is the only work of its kind that studies the history of actor …
Dynamic Cartography
Body, Architecture, and Performative Space
Av María José Martínez Sánchez
Inbunden, 2020
2078 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Dynamic Cartography analyses the works of Rudolf Laban, Lawrence Halprin, Anne Bogart, Adolphe Appia, Cedric Price, Joan Littlewood, and Hélio Oiticica. They are practitioners who have worked on different areas of enquiry from the existing relations between body and space through movement, events, …
Bible and Modern British Drama
From 1930 to the Present Day
Inbunden, 2019
2890 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Bible and Modern British Drama: 1930 to the Present Day is the first full-length study to explore how playwrights in the modern period have adapted popular biblical stories, such as Abraham and Isaac, Moses and the Exodus from Egypt, and the life and death of Jesus, for the stage.The book …
Staging Rebellion in the Musical, Hair
Marginalised Voices in Musical Theatre
Inbunden, 2022
2078 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the musical Hair and will offer critical analysis which focuses on giving voice to those who are historically considered to be on the margins of musical theatre history.Sarah Browne interrogates key scenes from the musical which will seek to identify …
Włodzimierz Staniewski and the Phenomenon of “Gardzienice”
Av S. E. Gontarski, Tomasz Wiśniewski m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book offers a broad, comprehensive overview of the contemporary state of the Gardzienice theatrical company and its evolution.Their most recent production, The Wedding, is taken as a focal point for a retrospective discussion on the company’s development. Premiered at the festival celebrating …
Beyoncé and Beyond
2013–2016
Inbunden, 2023
1027 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines three years of Beyoncé’s career as a pop mega star using critical race, feminist and performance studies methodologies.The book explores how the careful choreography of Beyoncé’s image, voice and public persona, coupled with her intelligent use of audio and visual mediums, makes …
Burning Man
Learning from Heterotopia
Inbunden, 2024
2588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book centers on a philosophical analysis of creative acts at the Burning Man Festival and their roles in wider social change. With particular focus on the Ten Principles of Burning Man, Linda Noveroske-Tritten posits a re-interpretation of common notions of "self" and "other" as they apply to …
Hauntological Dramaturgy
Affects, Archives, Ethics
Av Glenn D’Cruz
Inbunden, 2022
2513 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is about some of the ways we remember the dead through performance. It examines the dramaturgical techniques and strategies that enable artists to respond to the imperative: ‘Remember Me’ – the command King Hamlet’s ghost gives to his son in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, Hamlet. The book …
