Improvisation in drama, theatre and performance : history, practice, theory / Anthony Frost and Ralph Yarrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frost, Anthony, author.

Yarrow, Ralph, author.

Standardized Title:

Improvisation in drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Improvisation (Acting).

Physical Description:

xxv, 294 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

"Improvisation is a tool for many things: performance training, rehearsal practice, playwriting, therapeutic interaction and somatic discovery. This book opens up the significance of improvisation across cultures, histories and ways of performing our life, offering key insights into the what, the how and the why of performance. It traces the origins of improvisation and its influences, both as a social and political phenomenon and its position in performance training. Including history, theory and practice, this new edition encompasses Theatre and Performance Studies as well as Drama, acknowledging the rapid reconfiguration of these fields in recent years. Its coverage also now extends to improvisation in the USA, cinema, LARPing, street events and the improvising audience, while also looking at improv's relationship to stand-up comedy, jazz, poetry and free movement practices. With an index of exercises and an extensive bibliography, this book is indispensable to students of improvisation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction and Preface to the Third Edition

PART 1: WHO? MAJOR PRACTITIONERS OF IMPROVISATION

Improvisation in training, rehearsal practice and writing (Europe and the UK)

The improv scene (US)

Improvisation in the creation of new modes of performance

Improvisations for change: 'Paratheatre', participation and performance work beyond the stage

Improvisation in non-western performance

PART 2: WHAT? THE PRACTICE OF IMPROVISATION: IMPROVISATION EXERCISES

Preparation

Working together

Moving towards performance

Improvisation for Scene-Building

PART 3: WHY? THE MEANINGS OF IMPROVISATION: TOWARDS A POETICS

Enriching the communication of meaning

Meaning and performance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137348111

1137348119

9781137348104

1137348100

OCLC:

910090985