Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) |
Series |
Performance interventions |
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Performance interventions.
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Contents |
Introduction. Vectors of the radical / Mike Sell -- Intersections. Introduction / James M. Harding -- From Italy and Russia to France and the U.S. : 'fascist' futurism and Balanchine's 'American' ballet / Patricia Gaborik and Andrea Harris -- Confessions of a failed theatre activist : intercultural encounters in Uganda and Rwanda / Laura Edmondson -- The living theatre's arrested development in Brazil : an intersection of activist performances / Cindy Rosenthal -- Translations. Introduction / Jean Graham-Jones -- 'Powerful disseminator of radical thought' : anarchism and the introduction of modern western theatre to China / Siyuan Liu -- Translation, typography, and the avant-garde's impossible text / Sarah Bay-Cheng -- Maoist performatives : Milton Acorn and the Canadian liberation movement / Alan Filewod -- Divergences. Introduction / Alan Filewod -- Avant-garde becomes nationalism : immortalizing Nam June Paik in South Korea / Esther Kim Lee -- The avant-garde of necessity : the protest theatre movement in Zimbabwe / Praise Zenenga -- The Ians in the audience : punk attitude and the influence of the avant-garde / Graham White -- Afterword. The avant-garde and vector studies : a roundtable / Alan Filewod [and others] |
Summary |
Assembling a remarkable group of scholars, these essays explore how the circulation and exchange of 'vectors of the radical' shape the avant-garde. Mapping the movement of scripts, theatre activists, performances, and other material entities, they provide unprecedented perspectives on the transnational performance culture of the avant-garde |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Experimental theater -- Political aspects
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Experimental theater -- Social aspects
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Performing arts -- Political aspects
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Performing arts -- Social aspects
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- Stagecraft.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
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Experimental theater -- Social aspects
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Performing arts -- Political aspects
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Performing arts -- Social aspects
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Performing Arts.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Sell, Mike, 1967-
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ISBN |
9780230298941 |
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023029894X |
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1282999176 |
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9781282999176 |
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9786612999178 |
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6612999179 |
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