Senses in Performance

Informationen zum Autor Banes, Sally; Lepecki, Andre Klappentext The first anthology dedicated to critically assess the role of the human sensorium in performance - from ritual to theatre, from dance to architecture. The anthology gathers original essays by leading international scholars and artists. Zusammenfassung The first anthology dedicated to critically assess the role of the human sensorium in performance – from ritual to theatre, from dance to architecture. The anthology gathers original essays by leading international scholars and artists. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The Performance of the Senses Part I: Theory and Practice 2. Rasaesthetics 3. Olfactory Performances 4. Unearthing Kinesthesia 5. Senses and Silence in Actor Training and Performance 6. Making Sense of Food in Performance Part II: History 7. Edible Performance 8. Incense & Decadents 9. Touching Realism Part III: Contemporary Performance 10. Guiding Somatic Responses Within Performative Structures 11. Containment + Contamination 12. Seeing Nothing: Now Hear This... 13. A Doubly "Environmental" Sensorium 14. Tangible Acts Part IV: Case Studies 15. Touching the Sun on the Reservation 16. Performers, Spectators, Cannibals. Making Sense of Theatrical Consumption. 17. Indonesian Theatre and Its Double 18. Artaud’s Anatomy

Product details

• Authors: Sally (University of Wisconsin-Madison Banes
• Assisted by: Sally Banes (Editor), Banes Sally (Editor), Andre Lepecki (Editor), Lepecki Andre (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2006
• EAN: 9780415281850
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28185-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Worlds of Performance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Performance Art