Description
Performance Studies in Motion explores the latest phase in the evolution of the field with essays from leading scholars and practitioners from around the world.
About the Author
Atay Citron is Associate Professor, Department of Theatre, University of Haifa, Israel. Sharon Aronson-Lehavi is Senior Lecturer of theatre and performance studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. David Zerbib is Professor in the Philosophy of Art, Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland; Lecturer, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France.
Reviews
Stimulated by the pioneering work of Richard Schechner, this book does, as the saying goes, 'exactly what it says on the tin' ... [It] should appeal to a wide audience of under -graduate and postgraduate readers, particularly researchers and teachers of performance studies, whose academic palate savours the varied taste of international research cuisine, captured in a stimulating menu of 'real world' case studies. The power of the book is to be found in the creative and contemporary insights captured in the versatility of these case studies and the attention to detail paid to the dynamic relations between topics in both the social and pure sciences as well as the humanities. -- Deborah Newton * New Theatre Quarterly *
As well as providing a platform for practitioners and scholars working at the bleeding edge of performance, adapting theory to real world contexts and reflecting on issues raised by practice, the editors have collated truly international perspectives. * Platform *
Performance Studies in Motion offers a heterogeneous ensemble of case studies of performances in their concrete contexts ... The question of the normative, dark, even dangerous dimensions of performance that the anthology raises are certainly a challenge for the generally rather optimistic stance of 'Schechnerian' PS. It is from here that exciting impulses for the next moves of Performance Studies promise to come. -- Vivien Aehlig, Freie Universitat, Berlin * Theater Forschung *
Performance Studies in Motion marks an increasing diversification of cultural representation and frameworks for analysis in publications about performance studies. This makes it an invaluable resource. * TDR: The Drama Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781408184073
Author Atay Citron
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 626g