The Poetics of Performance Diagrams

This Element considers the concept of performance diagrams and shows their historical, epistemic and aesthetic functions in theatre and dance. The Element reviews the relevance of diagrams for performance-making, analysis and documentation, and also elucidates the significance of diagrammatic thinking for performance studies.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Performance diagrams and the poetics of cosmological space; 3. Transmission of affects between bodies and images; 4. Towards socio-political diagrams; 5. Epilogue: The poetic surplus of performance diagrams; References.

Product details

• Authors: Andrej Mircev, Andrej (Universitat Der Kunste Berlin) Mircev, Andrej Mirčev
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009446228
• ISBN: 978-1-009-44622-8
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 229 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 140 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Elements in Contemporary Performance Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; DRAMA / General, Theatre Studies, Performance Art, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, Playscripts