UID:
almahu_9949386283402882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000038774
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1000038777
,
9780367815998
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0367815990
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9781000038811
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1000038815
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9781000038859
,
1000038858
Series Statement:
Routledge theatre and performance companions
Content:
The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners collects the outstanding biographical and production overviews of key theatre practitioners first featured in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks. Each of the chapters is written by an expert on a particular figure, from Stanislavsky and Brecht to Laban and Decroux, and places their work in its social and historical context. Summaries and analyses of their key productions indicate how each practitioner's theoretical approaches to performance and the performer were manifested in practice. All 22 practitioners from the original series are represented, with this volume covering those born before the end of the First World War. This is the definitive first step for students, scholars and practitioners hoping to acquaint themselves with the leading names in performance, or deepen their knowledge of these seminal figures.
Note:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Stanislavsky (1863 -- 1938) / Bella Merlin -- 1.1. Biography in social and artistic context -- 1.2. Description and analysis of The Seagull -- 2. Meyerhold (1874 -- 1940) / Jonathan Pitches -- 2.1.A life of contradictions -- 2.2. Meyerhold's key production: The Government Inspector -- 3. Copeau (1879 -- 1949) / Mark Evans -- 3.1. The life of Jacques Copeau -- 3.2. Copeau s ideas in production: Les Fourberies de Scapin -- 4. Laban (1879 -- 1958) / Karen K. Bradley -- 4.1. Laban s core: biography -- 4.2. The Tanztheater and analysis of a work: Die Griinen Clowns -- 5. Wigman (1886 -- 1973) / Mary Anne Santos Newhall -- 5.1. Mary Wigman: a life in dance -- 5.2. Mary Wigman as choreographer: choosing the focus -- 6. Chekhov (1891 -- 1955) / Franc Chamberlain -- 6.1. Biography and context -- 6.2. Chekhov as director -- 7. Brecht (1898 -- 1956) / Meg Mumford -- 7.1.A life in flux -- 7.2. The Caucasian Chalk Circle: a production model -- 8. Decroux (1898 -- 1991) / Thomas Leabhart -- 8.1.A Promethean life -- 8.2. Decroux as director/creator: how did Decroux make a performance? -- 9. Ohno (1906 -- 2010) and Hijikata (1928 -- 1986) / Tamah Nakamura -- 9.1. Butoh shapeshifters -- 9.2. Dances of death, sacrifice, and spirit -- 10. Littlewood (1914 -- 2002) / Nadine Holdsworth -- 10.1. Biography in political, social and artistic context -- 10.2. Description and analysis of Oh What a Lovely War.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 0367417324
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367417321
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367815998
