Performance

Winner of Best Performance Design and Scenography Publication Award, Prague Quadrennial 2019 This beautifully illustrated book conveys the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding associations between contemporary practices and historical...

Examines representations of Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modes Examination of representation of Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modes Analysis of 'Robert Burns' as a cultural performance rising...

What does artistic resistance look like in the twenty-first century, when disruption and dissent have been co-opted and commodified in ways that reinforce dominant systems? In The Play in the System Anna Watkins Fisher locates the possibility for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753304571Author Christopher WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

In this important volume, Jay Sanders and J. Hoberman explore the vibrant underground performance art scene of 1970s New York. Focusing on little-known and long-forgotten works, which were often performed in live/work lofts, storefronts, and alternative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559360098Author Lenora ChampagneFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783942214292Author VujanovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bbooks VerlagPublisher Bbooks Verlag

As the nature of contemporary performance continues to expand into new forms, genres and media, it requires an increasingly diverse vocabulary. Reading Contemporary Performance provides students, critics and creators with a rich understanding of the key...

This edited collection of essays brings together leading scholars of early modern drama and playhouse culture to reflect upon the study of playing and playgoing in early modern England. With a particular focus on the player-playgoer exchange as a site of...

Marina Abramovic is the creator of pioneering performance art which transcends the form's provocative origins. Her visceral and extreme performances have tested the limits of both body and mind, communicating with audiences worldwide on a personal and...

Scenography and Art History reimagines scenography as a critical concept for art history, and is the first book to demonstrate the importance and usefulness of this concept for art historians and scholars in related fields. It provides a vital evaluation...

Liveness is a pivotal issue for performance theorists and artists. As live art covers both embodiment and disembodiment, many scholars have emphasized the former and interpreted the latter as the opposite side of liveness. In this book, the author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783942214100Author Vujanovic CvejicFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Bbooks VerlagPublisher Bbooks Verlag

Theatre for Lifelong Learning is a step-by-step guide for anyone interested in teaching theatre courses and creating theatre with older adults. This book provides instructors with syllabi, discussion questions, classroom management strategies,...

Notorious for his continually subversive takes on classical dance, Michael Clark is without doubt one of the most important dancers and choreographers of our time. He has created some of contemporary dance's finest productions, often using leftfield rock...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662914218Author Ronald TracyFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In this updated second edition, Jason Farman offers a groundbreaking look at how location-aware mobile technologies are radically shifting our sense of identity, community, and place-making practices. Mobile Interface Theory is a foundational book in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450639Author Ana JanevskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 700g

Beyond the Happening uncovers the heterogeneous, uniquely interdisciplinary performance-based works that emerged in the aftermath of the early Happenings. By the mid-1960s Happenings were widely declared outmoded or even 'dead', but this book reveals how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633450066Author David VelascoFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 420g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999616406Author Marth MunroFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Lessac Training and Research InstitutePublisher Lessac Training and Research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995481404Author Nina FeldmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint nfc booksPublisher nfc books

Unlimited action concerns the limits imposed upon art and life, and the means by which artists have exposed, refused, or otherwise reshaped the horizon of aesthetics and of the practice of art, by way of performance art. It examines the 'performance of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546508Author Steve BenfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648599814Author Paul Michael DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Gondwana PressPublisher Gondwana PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648599821Author Paul Michael DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Paul M DaviesPublisher Paul M DaviesWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Heinrich Schenker's The Art of Performance shows this great music theorist in a new light. While his theoretical writings helped transform music theory in the twentieth century, this book draws on his experience as a musician and teacher to propose a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947322141Author Dorothy DubruleFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Insert Blanc PressPublisher Insert Blanc PressWeight(grams) 254g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932086423Author Walt AnthonyFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Walt AnthonyPublisher Walt AnthonyWeight(grams) 703g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959054140Author Rawi HageFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788867493319Author Bruna RoccasalvaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Mousse PublishingPublisher Mousse PublishingWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789198569131Author Keith ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Communication & Social SkillsPublisher Communication & Social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544534343Author Chasta HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Houndstooth PressPublisher Houndstooth PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

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A cultural history of disability, performance, and work in the modern United States In 1967, the US government funded the National Theatre of the Deaf, a groundbreaking rehabilitation initiative employing deaf actors. This project aligned with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946665072Author Kathleen Kendall-Tackett PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Praeclarus PressPublisher Praeclarus PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986945804Author Falisa RayFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Lisalisa, LLCPublisher Lisalisa, LLCWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732077829Author Jesus CorderoFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Elite Foundation PublisherPublisher Elite Foundation PublisherWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798893425918Author J L DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Irrillania CollectionPublisher Irrillania CollectionWeight(grams) 95g