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Informationen zum Autor Joe Kelleher, Nicholas Ridout Klappentext Through specific examples, case studies and essays by specialist writers, academics, and a new generation of theatre researchers, this collection of specially commissioned essays looks at current theatre practices across Europe. From ThA(c)atre du Soleil to SocA¬etas Raffaello Sanzio, the authors reconsider the possibilities of theatre practice, its relation to history and location and its place in Europe at the turn of the twenty-first century. Contemporary Theatres in Europe examines a wide range of topics including: mainstream European theatre experimental performance music theatre theatre for children dance theatre. Tailor-made for students, offering clear examples of different ways of thinking and writing about performance, this is a richly detailed introduction which brings key themes to life for all students of European theatre. Zusammenfassung With specific examples and case studies by specialist writers, academics and a new generation of theatre researchers, this collection of specially commissioned essays is the perfect introduction to contemporary theatre practices in Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. Human Stuff: Presence, Proximity and Pretend 2. Investigating the Entrails: Post-Operatic Music Theatre in Europe 3. Encountering Memory: Acco Theater Center’s Arbeit macht frei MiToitland Europa 4. On the Border as Theatrical Space: Appearance, Dis-location and the Production of the Refugee 5. Foreign Bodies: Performing Physical and Psychological Harm at the Mladi Levi Festical, August 2003 6. Dying Bodies, Living Corpses: Transition, Nationalism and Resistance in Croatian Theatre 7. Desire Amongst the Dodgems: Alain Platel and the Scene of Seduction 8. ‘Constitutive Ambiguities’: Writing Porfessional or Expert Performance Practices, and the Théâtre du Soleil, Paris 9. Marshfield Mummers: The Old Time Paper Boys 10. The Gift of Play: Ubung and the Secret Signal of Gesture 11. Authority, Empowerment and Fairy Tales: Theatre for Young People 12. Make Believe: Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio Do Theatre 13. After the Fall: Dance-Theatre and Dance-Performance 14. What State Am I In? Or, How to be a Spectator ...
