New approaches to theatre studies and performance analysis : papers presented at the Colston Symposium, Bristol, 21-23 March 1997 / Gunter Berghaus (ed.).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colston Research Society. Symposium (1997 : Bristol, England)

Contributor:

Berghaus, Günter, 1953-

Series:

Theatron

Theatron ; Bd. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Study and teaching--Congresses.

Theater.

Performance--Study and teaching--Congresses.

Performance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Max Niemeyer, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume gathers 16 papers originally written for the occasion of the 49th Colston Symposium, held in Bristol in 1997, and substantially revised for this publication. They reflect on some of the key developments in the discipline of Theatre Studies over the past fifty years and combine this with a discussion of new trends and approaches, especially in the fields of Performance Studies, reception analysis, interculturalism, sociocultural analysis, theatre anthropology, dance and movement analysis, computer-assisted reconstruction of performance venues, street theatre, guerilla theatre, ritual

Contents:

Front matter

What Is »Performance Studies« Anyway? / Schechner, Richard

The Conditions of Reception in the Theatre: Psychological and Psychoanalytical Approaches / Pavis, Patrice

On the Epistemology and Pragmatics of Intercultural Theatre Studies / Suvin, Darko

Sociocultural Performance Analysis / Shevtsova, Maria

Ethnoscenology: The Flesh is Spirit / Pradier, Jean-Marie

Intercultural Performance: Barter, Cultural Exchange and Reception / Watson, Ian

Exchanging Lies and Creating Truths: Intentionality in Moroccan Marketplace Performance / Kapchan, Deborah A.

Desiring Methodology: Performing Postcolonial Theatre Anthropology in Pakistan / Afzal-Khan, Fawzia

Versatile Venues and the Displacement of the Globe / Gurr, Andrew

Virtually There: Computer-assisted Reconstructions of Ancient Theatrical Spaces / Beacham, Richard

Audiences and Response-Programming Research and the Methodology of the Implied Spectator / Kaynar, Gad

Watching Another, Viewing Theatre: Questions for Audience Reception and Cross-Cultural Performance / Bennett, Susan

Narratives and Metanarratives in Dance Analysis / Adshead-Lansdale, Janet

Using Lexicons for Performance Research: Three Duets / Siegel, Marcia B.

Performance Analysis Through Field Research: The Guerrilla Theatre in Greece Under Nazi Occupation / Myrsiades, Linda Suny

Methodological Issues in the Documentation and Analysis of Grotowski's Art as Vehicle / Wolford, Usa

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9783110910582

3110910586

OCLC:

843635414