| Description |
xxv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Worlds of performance |
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Worlds of performance.
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| Contents |
1. Happenings: An Introduction / Michael Kirby -- 2. The New Theatre / Michael Kirby -- 3. Allan Kaprow's Eat / Michael Kirby -- 4. An Interview with John Cage / Michael Kirby and Richard Schechner -- 5. Lecture 1960 / La Monte Young -- 6. Fotodeath / Claes Oldenburg -- 7. The First and Second Wilderness / Michael Kirby -- 8. FLUXUS / George Maciunas -- 9. The Night Time Sky / Robert Whitman -- 10. Washes / Claes Oldenburg -- 11. Verdurous Sanguinaria: Act I / Jackson MacLow -- 12. Graphis / Dick Higgins and Letty Eisenhauer -- 13. The Tart, or Miss America / Dick Higgins -- 14. Yvonne Rainer Interviews Ann Halprin -- 15. Some retrospective notes on a dance for 10 people and 12 mattresses called Parts of Some Sextets, performed at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, and Judson Memorial Church, New York, in March, 1965 / Yvonne Rainer -- 16. Notes on Dance / Robert Morris -- 17. City Scale / Ken Dewey, Anthony Martin and Ramon Sender |
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18. Three Pieces / The ONCE Group -- 19. Calling / Allan Kaprow -- 20. The Great Gaming House: A Precis / Kelly Yeaton -- 21. X-ings / Ken Dewey -- 22. A Monster Model Fun House / Paul Sills -- 23. Happenings / Richard Schechner -- 24. In Response: A Letter from Allan Kaprow -- 25. Extensions in Time and Space: An Interview with Allan Kaprow / Richard Schechner -- 26. Self-Service: A Happening / Alan Kaprow -- 27. Excerpts from "Assemblages, Environments & Happenings" / Allan Kaprow -- 28. From More Than Meat Joy / Carolee Schneemann -- 29. On the Necessity of Violation / Jean-Jacques Lebel -- 30. Reflections on Happenings / Darko Suvin -- 31. Happenings in Europe: Trends, Events, and Leading Figures / Gunter Berghaus |
| Analysis |
Theatre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Happenings (Art)
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Performance art.
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| Author |
Sandford, Mariellen R., 1955-
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| LC no. |
94000681 |
| ISBN |
0415099358 (hbk.) |
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0415099366 (paperback) |
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