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In "A Reader in Intercultural Performance," Patrice Pavis gathers together key artists and scholars from around the world to provide, for the first time, a truly international overview. Intercultural performance has innate, enormous potential for open dialogue between cultures, though the best-documented perspectives are those of Western artists such as Peter Brook, Richard Schechner, Jacques Lecoq and Ariane Mnouchkine. This reader raises new questions and debates by placing these views alongside those of artists from African, Maori, Chinese and Indian theatre. The result is an unparalleled exchange of ideas which demonstrates the new possibilities and politics of intercultural performance. "A Reader in Intercultural Performance" is essential, unprecedented and eye-opening reading for students, scholars and practitioners alike.
List of contents
1 Historical Contexts 1.1 Interculturalism in Contemporary Theatre Erika Fischer-Lichte 1.2 Interculturalism and the Culture of Choice Richard Schechner 1.3 There are at least three Americas Josette Feral 2. Interculture practice from the western point of view 2.1 The Culture of links Peter Brook 2.2 'Remembering the Others that are Us': Transculturalism and myth in the theatre of Peter Brook David Williams 2.3 Passages to India Marvin Carlson 2.4 Theatre is oriental Ariane Mnouchkine 2.5 Hear, See, Act Robert Wilson 2.6 Japanese Traces in the Productions of Robert Wilson Christel Weiler 2.7 Dario Fo from one language to the other Valeria Tasca 2.8 The Duty to Translate Antoine Vitez 2.9 Antoine Vitez: towards an Intercultural Discourse Anne Neuschafer 2.10 Theatre of Gesture and Image Jacques Lecoq 3. Interculture practice from another point of view 3.1 The Reinvention of theatrical tradition: critical discourses on interculturalism in the African Theatre Biodun Jeyifo 3.2 Languages of African Theatre: A Nigerian Casebook Martin Banham 3.3 It is political if it can be passed on Roma Potiki 3.4 Between Separation and Integration: Intercultural Strategies in Contemporary Maori Theatre Chris Balme 3.5 China Dream. A Theatrical Dialogue between East and West William Sun and Faye Fei 3.6 The Request Concert Project Rustom Bharucha 4 Interculturalism all the same... 4.1 Eurasian Theatre Eugenio Barba 4.2 Barba's Theatre Anthropology: an Intercultural Methodology Ian Watson 4.3 Around Theatre: The Orient - The Occident Jerzy Grotowski 4.4 Grotowski: The absent Presence George Banu 4.5 The possibilities and politics of inter-cultural Penetration and Exchange Clive Barker
About the author
Patrice Pavis is Professor at the University of Paris 8. Previous publications include Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture and Dictionnaire du Theatre.
Summary
Patrice Pavis gathers together key artists and scholars from around the world to provide, for the first time, a truly international overview of the new possibilities and politics of the exciting field of intercultural performance.
