Tadeusz Kantor

Tadeusz Kantor - a theoretician, director, innovator and painter famed for his very visual theatre style - was a key figure in European avant-garde theatre. Now revised and updated, this volume explores the life and work of one of twentieth century performance's greatest influences.

List of contents

List of plates
Acknowledgments
1. Biography and context
2. Key writings
3. Key performances
4. Practical exercises
Afterword – Kantor: the legacy
Appendix – Sites in Krakow relating to Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990)
Glossary of names and terms
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Noel Witts is Emeritus Professor of Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University and a Professorial Fellow of Liverpool Hope University. He is co-author (with Mike Huxley) of The Twentieth Century Performance Reader, published by Routledge.

Summary

Tadeusz Kantor – a theoretician, director, innovator and painter famed for his very visual theatre style – was a key figure in European avant-garde theatre. Now revised and updated, this volume explores the life and work of one of twentieth century performance's greatest influences.

Product details

• Authors: Noel Witts, Noel (Leeds Metropolitan University Witts, Witts Noel
• Assisted by: Franc Chamberlain (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780815364146
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6414-6
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 195 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners; Routledge Performance Practitioners
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Performance Art, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production