| Description |
1 online resource (244 pages) |
| Series |
Performance Interventions |
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Performance interventions.
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| Contents |
From mise en scène of texte to performance of 'textual material' / David Bradby -- The spirit of a place : place in contemporary French theatre / Michel Corvin -- The landscaped narratives of Philippe Minyana and Noëlle Renaude / Céline Hersant -- The politics of dramaturgy in France / Clare Finburgh -- An unlikely scene : French theatre in the new liberal economy / Jean-Pierre Han -- The construction and production of performance / Robert Cantarella -- Performing presence, affirming difference : Deleuze and the minor theatres of Georges Lavaudant and Carmelo Bene / Laura Cull -- Théâtre du Grabuge : ethics, politics and community / Bérénice Hamidi-Kim -- Amateurism and the 'DIY' aesthetic : Grand Magasin and Philippe Quesne / Chloé Déchery -- From Orlan to Bernhardt : recycling French feminism, theatre and performance / Elaine Aston -- Performance and poetry : crossed destinies / Éric Vautrin -- Breaking down the walls : interventionist performance strategies in French Street Theatre / Susan Haedicke -- Montage and détournement in contemporary French moving image performance / Carl Lavery -- Xavier Le Roy : the dissenting choreography of one Frenchman less / Bojana Cvejic -- A theological turn? : French postmodern dance and Herman Diephuis' D'Après J.-C. / Nigel Stewart -- Watching people in the light : Jérôme Bel and the classical theatre / Augusto Corrieri -- Après toutes ces elles/After all this else : 'new' French feminisms translated to the British scene / Geraldine Harris |
| Summary |
"This is the first book to explore the relationship between experimental theatre and performance making in France. Reflecting the recent return to aesthetics and politics in French theory, it focuses on how a variety of theatre and performance practitioners use their art work to contest reality as it is currently configured in France"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Experimental theater -- France
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Theater -- France -- History -- 21st century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Experimental theater
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Theater
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France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Finburgh, Clare
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Lavery, Carl, 1969-
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| ISBN |
9780230305663 |
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0230305660 |
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