Belarusian Theatre and the 2020 Pro-Democracy Protests - Documenting the Resistance

This book highlights the important creative work of Belarusian theatre and filmmakers seeking to raise awareness of the Pro-democracy movement and human rights abuses in Belarus and to build communities of care and mourning following the fraudulent 2020 presidential elections in Belarus.

Sommario

List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. In Their Own Words: Andrei Kureichik's Documentary Impulse; 2. A Time for Theatre: Courage and the Belarus Free Theatre; 3.Performing Resistance Virtually: The Digital Home of the Free Kupalautsy; Toward a Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Info autore

Valleri Robinson, Department Head and Associate Professor of Illinois Theatre, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, writes and teaches about documentary theatre, 21st-century dramaturgies, and Eastern European diasporic performance. Robinson is author of Russian Culture and Theatrical Performance in America, 1891-1933 (2011).

Riassunto

This book highlights the important creative work of Belarusian theatre and filmmakers seeking to raise awareness of the Pro-democracy movement and human rights abuses in Belarus and to build communities of care and mourning following the fraudulent 2020 presidential elections in Belarus.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Valleri J Robinson, Valleri J. Robinson
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781839987953
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-795-3
• Pagine: 92
• Serie: Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, Belarus, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production, theatre studies; performing arts; Belarusians