Author : Marvin Carlson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780415137034
An overview on the modern concept of performance
Author : Marvin Carlson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1136498656
This book provides an overview of the modern concept of performance and its development in various related fields; including the development of performance art since the 1960s, the relationship between performance, postmodernism, the politics of identity and current cultural studies, and the recent theoretical developments in the study of performance in the fields of anthropology, psychoanalysis, linguistics and technology.
Author : Janelle G. Reinelt
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 49,77 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Theater
ISBN : 9780472068869
Updated and enlarged, this groundbreaking collection surveys the major critical currents and approaches in drama, theater, and performance
Author : Jonathan Pitches
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1350316539
What is 'performance'? What are the boundaries of Performance Studies? How do we talk about contemporary performance practices today in simple but probing terms? What kinds of practices represent the field and how can we interpret them? Combining the voices of academics, artists, cultural critics and teachers, Performance Perspectives answers these questions and provides a critical introduction to Performance Studies. Presenting an accessible way into key terminology and context, it offers a new model for analyzing contemporary performance based on six frames or perspectives: - Body - Space - Time - Technology - Interactivity - Organization Drawing on examples from a wide range of practices across site specific performance, virtual reality, dance, applied theatre and everyday performance, Performance Perspectives addresses the binary of theory and practice and highlights the many meeting points between studio and seminar room. Each chapter takes the innovative form of a three-way conversation, bringing together theoretical introductions with artist interviews and practitioner statements. The book is supported by activities for discussion and practical devising work, as well as clear guidance for further reading and an extensive reference list across media Performance Perspectives is essential reading for anyone studying, interpreting or making performance.
Author : Simon Shepherd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 2004-09-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1134565283
What is implied when we refer to the study of performing arts as 'drama', 'theatre' or 'performance'? Each term identifies a different tradition of thought and offers different possibilities to the student or practitioner. This book examines the history and use of the terms and investigates the different philosophies, politics, languages and institutions with which they are associated. Simon Shepherd and Mick Wallis: analyze attitudes to drama, theatre and performance at different historical junctures trace a range of political interventions into the field(s) explore and contextualise the institutionalisation of drama and theatre as university subjects, then the emergence of 'performance' as practice, theory and academic disciplines guide readers through major approaches to drama, theatre and performance, from theatre history, through theories of ritual or play, to the idea of performance as paradigm for a postmodern age discuss crucial terms such as action, alienation, catharsis, character, empathy, interculturalism, mimesis, presence or representation in a substantial 'keywords' section. Continually linking their analysis to wider cultural concerns, the authors here offer the most wide-ranging and authoritative guide available to a vibrant, fast-moving field and vigorous debates about its nature, purpose and place in the academy.
Author : John Keefe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1134230974
Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader is an invaluable resource for students of physically orientated theatre and performance. This book aims to trace the roots and development of physicality in theatre by combining practical experience of the field with a strong historical and theoretical underpinning. In exploring the histories, cross-overs and intersections of physical theatres, this critical Reader provides: six new, specially commissioned essays, covering each of the book’s main themes, from technical traditions to contemporary practises discussion of issues such as the foregrounding of the body, training and performance processes, and the origins of theatre in both play and human cognition a focus on the relationship and tensions between the verbal and the physical in theatre contributions from Augusto Boal, Stephen Berkoff, Étienne Decroux, Bertolt Brecht, David George, J-J. Rousseau, Ana Sanchez Colberg, Michael Chekhov, Jeff Nuttall, Jacques Lecoq, Yoshi Oida, Mike Pearson, and Aristotle.
Author : Eli Rozik
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1800858043
While assimilating theoretical insights from Aristotle to this day, this title contests, inter alia, the theory of comedy's ritual origin; challenges the age-old and continuing attempts to determine the structure of action that characterises comedy; and, suggests instead that structures of action are shared by all genres.
Author : Pam Meecham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,99 MB
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 1317972465
Revised and restructured, this second edition of Modern Art traces the historical and contemporary contexts for understanding modern art movements, and the theories that influenced and attempted to explain them. Its radical approach foregoes the chronological approach to art movements in favour of looking at the ways in which art has been understood. The editors investigate the main developments in art interpretation and draw examples from a wide range of genres including painting, sculpture, photography, installation and performance art. This second edition has been fully updated to include many more examples of recent art practice, as well as an expanded glossary and comprehensive marginal notes providing definitions of key terms. Extensively illustrated with a wide range of visual examples, Modern Art is the essential textbook for students of art history.
Author : Aidan Moran
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 45,71 MB
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 131732966X
The new third edition of A Critical Introduction to Sport Psychology is the only textbook in the field that provides a detailed overview of key theories, concepts and findings within the discipline of sport psychology, as well as a critical perspective that examines and challenges these core foundations. Fully revised and updated, the new edition covers key research findings affecting both participation and performance in sport, including topics such as motivation, anxiety, emotional coping, concentration, mental imagery, expertise and team cohesion. In addition, the book includes a range of helpful features that bring the science to life, including critical thinking exercises, suggestions for student projects and new "In the spotlight" boxes that highlight key advances in theory or practice. A comprehensive glossary is also included, whilst a final chapter examines some new horizons in sport psychology, including embodied cognition and socio-cultural perspectives. Sport is played with the body but often won in the mind; that is the theory. A Critical Introduction to Sport Psychology is the definitive textbook for anyone wishing to engage critically with this fascinating idea.
Author : Leah A. Lievrouw
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 50,94 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Digital media
ISBN : 0415431603
