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Zusatztext "The essays . . . do provide some fascinating discussions of both lesser-known and fairly famous practitioners who have devised their performances collectively! from the early twentieth century to the present." - Theatre Informationen zum Autor Rachel Anderson-Rabern, University of New Haven, USA Nuria Aragonès New Sorbonne University, Paris III, France Roger Bechtel, Carleton College, USA Bryan Brown, University of Leeds, UK Claire Canavan, Texas State University, USA Jon Foley Sherman, Franklin & Marshall College, USA Alex Mermikides, Kingston University, UK Maiya Murphy, University of California, San Diego, USA Thomas Riccio, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Kris Salata, Florida State University, USA Ian Watson, Rutgers University-Newark, USA Klappentext This edited volume situates its contemporary practice in the tradition which emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century. Collective Creation in Contemporary Performance examines collective and devised theatre practices internationally and demonstrates the prevalence, breadth, and significance of modern collective creation. To come. Zusammenfassung This edited volume situates its contemporary practice in the tradition which emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century. Collective Creation in Contemporary Performance examines collective and devised theatre practices internationally and demonstrates the prevalence! breadth! and significance of modern collective creation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Towards a New History of Collective Creation; Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva 1. From Margin to Center: Collective Creation and Devising at the Turn of the Millennium (A View from the United States); Scott Proudfit and Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva 2. The Playwright and the Collective: Drama and Politics in British Devised Theatre; Roger Bechtel 3. Collective Creation and the 'Creative Industries': the British Context; Alex Mermikides 4. Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret: A Collective Ethos; Ian Watson 5. An Actor Proposes: Poetics of the Encounter at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards; Kris Salata 6. Lecoq's Pedagogy: Gathering Up Post-war Europe, Theatrical Tradition, and Student Uprising; Maiya Murphy with Jon Foley Sherman 7. Created by the Ensemble: Histories and Pedagogies of Collective Creation at the Dell'Arte School; Claire Canavan 8. Framework for Change: Collective Creation in Los Angeles After the SITI Company; Scott Proudfit 9. The Nature Theater ofOklahoma: Staging the Chaos of Collective Practice; Rachel Anderson-Rabern 10. In Search of the Idea: Scenography, Collective Composition, and Subjectivity in the Laboratory of Dmitry Krymov; Bryan Brown 11. The Case of Spain: Collective Creation as Political Reaction; Nuria Aragonès 12. Collective (Re)Creation as Site of Reclamation, Reaffirmation, and Redefinition; Thomas Riccio...
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Introduction: Towards a New History of Collective Creation; Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva 1. From Margin to Center: Collective Creation and Devising at the Turn of the Millennium (A View from the United States); Scott Proudfit and Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva 2. The Playwright and the Collective: Drama and Politics in British Devised Theatre; Roger Bechtel 3. Collective Creation and the 'Creative Industries': the British Context; Alex Mermikides 4. Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret: A Collective Ethos; Ian Watson 5. An Actor Proposes: Poetics of the Encounter at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards; Kris Salata 6. Lecoq's Pedagogy: Gathering Up Post-war Europe, Theatrical Tradition, and Student Uprising; Maiya Murphy with Jon Foley Sherman 7. Created by the Ensemble: Histories and Pedagogies of Collective Creation at the Dell'Arte School; Claire Canavan 8. Framework for Change: Collective Creation in Los Angeles After the SITI Company; Scott Proudfit 9. The Nature Theater ofOklahoma: Staging the Chaos of Collective Practice; Rachel Anderson-Rabern 10. In Search of the Idea: Scenography, Collective Composition, and Subjectivity in the Laboratory of Dmitry Krymov; Bryan Brown 11. The Case of Spain: Collective Creation as Political Reaction; Nuria Aragonès 12. Collective (Re)Creation as Site of Reclamation, Reaffirmation, and Redefinition; Thomas Riccio
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"The essays . . . do provide some fascinating discussions of both lesser-known and fairly famous practitioners who have devised their performances collectively, from the early twentieth century to the present." - Theatre
