Playing culture : conventions and extensions of performance / edited by Vicki Ann Cremona [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cremona, Vicki Ann.

Series:

Themes in Theatre 8.

Themes in theatre ; 8

Collective Approaches to the Theatre and Performance ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater.

Performing arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Rodopi, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Playing Culture represents one of the corner stones in the model of the Theatrical Event, as developed by the Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR). In this volume, thirteen scholars contribute to illuminate the significance and possibilities of playing within the framework of theatrical events. Playing is understood as an essential part of theatrical communication, from acting on stage to events far from theatre buildings. The playfulness characterizing academic traditions sets the tone in the introduction, illustrating the four sections of the book: Theories, Expansions, Politics and Conventions. The theoretical chapters depart from the classical Homo Ludens and offer a number of new perspectives on what play and playing implies in today’s mediatized culture. The contributions to the second section on extensions, deal with playing in non-theatrical circumstances such as market places, passports and stock holders’ meetings. The third section on the politics of playing focuses on wood-chopping women, saints and youngsters in South African townships – all demonstrating their social and political ambitions and purposes. The last section returns to the stage on which performers intend to represent, respectively, themselves, Bunraku puppets or the audience. Playing appears in many forms and in many places and constitutes a basic principle of theatre and performance. This book touches upon important theoretical implications of playing and offers a wide range of historical and contemporary examples. Playing Culture – Conventions and Extensions of Performance is the third book of the IFTR Working Group on The Theatrical Event. The first volume, entitled Theatrical Events – Borders Dynamics Frames was published in 2004, followed by Festivalising! Theatrical Events, Politics and Culture in 2007. The present volume continues to expand the vision of the Theatrical Event as a theory and model for the study of playing, theatre, performance and mediated events.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

PLAYING CULTURE – AN INTRODUCTION / Willmar Sauter

PLAYING CULTURE: THE RETURN OF/TO THE HOMO LUDENS / Shulamith Lev-Aladgem

PLAY IS THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE CAUSE ON THE COMPARABILITY OF SCENIC SEQUENCES WITHIN THE PLAYING CULTURE / Andreas Kotte

PLAYING IS NOT PRETENDING / Willmar Sauter

PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTION AND OTHER SPATIO-TEMPORAL PRACTICES IN THE EDGY CITY / Loren Kruger

WRITING: EXPLORING THE MARGINS OF PLAYING AND THEATRICALITY / Anneli Saro

NAMING AS A PLAYING PRACTICE AND POLITICAL STRATEGY / Barbara Orel

PERVASIVE GAMES: REPRESENTATIONS OF EXISTENTIAL IN-BETWEEN-NESS / Janne Tapper

PLAYING ON AND AROUND THE PUBLIC SQUARE / Rikard Hoogland

WHEN THE SAINT COMES MARCHING OUT – THE CULTURAL PLAYING OF A MALTESE FESTA / Vicki Ann Cremona

PLAYING WITH CHANGE: REPETITION AND INNOVATION IN TOWNSHIP PERFORMANCE / Gay Morris

‘BEING ONESELF ON STAGE’: MODALITIES OF PRESENCE ON STAGE / Henri Schoenmakers

THE STRUCTURE OF ACTING RECONSIDERED: FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A JAPANESE PUPPET THEATRE, BUNRAKU / Mitsuya Mori

THE THEATRICALITY OF PLAYING OVER AND PLAYING OUT / David Graver

BIOGRAPHIES

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 4, 2014).

ISBN:

94-012-1039-X

OCLC:

870892740

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401210393 DOI