Description
This book is an overview of narrative in dance and theatre performance, bringing together a range of scholars and creating a critical dialogue for approaching this fundamental topic in performance studies. Includes historical and contemporary examples of a variety of different performance genres.
About the Author
Barbara Sellers-Young is Senior Scholar and Professor Emerita in the Department of Dance at York University, Toronto, Canada. She has taught at universities in England, the USA, China and Australia. She is currently the Editor-in-Residence for the Dance Chronicle and has edited three volumes on dance, one of which is Oxford Handbook of Dance and Ethnicity (co-edited with Anthony Shay).
Jade Rosina McCutcheon holds a Doctorate of Creative Arts in theatre and is currently finishing a second PhD in feminist film studies at Melbourne University, Australia. She has directed over sixty theatre productions, received the Rod Rose Award from the International Society of Research Administrators for an outstanding article and was a co-founder of the Performance and Consciousness group for the International Federation of Theatre Research.
Reviews
Unlike many anthologies, this collection is hard to put down. Reading the work of these scholar-artists cover to cover brings one into a conversation that is vital and necessary and deeply rewarding. * Ray Miller, Appalachian State University, USA *
This book asks a lot of essential questions. It asks that we reflect on narratives written on and in bodies, that we challenge narratives of cultural, historical and political identification and it questions how narratives of creativity might appropriate, subvert and re-write those stories. * Louie Jenkins, University of Chichester, UK *
Book Information
ISBN 9781352004489
Author Barbara Sellers-Young
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
