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Modernist and Avant-Garde Performance: An Introduction

By Claire Warden

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
074868154X, 9780748681549
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
988 kB (1011948 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
224\180
Time added
2017-05-02 01:02:08
Stagecraft;Theater;Performing Arts;Arts & Photogra

Description

This textbook introduces the reader to modernist avant-garde theatre. It clearly explains the key terms as well as the major movements, including Expressionism, Dadaism, Futurism, Workers' theatres, Constructivism and the Living Newspaper, and Mass Performance, using a case study approach. It introduces the important innovations of the modernist avant-garde, reassesses theatrical techniques, and provides examples of plays and performances from across Europe and America. There are also chapters on The Modernist Body and on Interdisciplinary Performance. The book approaches the modernist avant-garde both as an area of academic study and as potential raw material for contemporary performance.

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