The twenty-first century performance reader / edited by Teresa Brayshaw, Anna Fenemore, and Noel Witts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brayshaw, Teresa, editor.

Fenemore, Anna, editor.

Witts, Noel, 1937- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 613 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader combines extracts from over 70 international practitioners, companies, collectives, and makers from the fields of Dance, Theatre, Music, Live and Performance Art, and Activism to form an essential sourcebook for students, researchers, and practitioners. This is the follow-on text from The Twentieth Century Performance Reader, which has been the key introductory text to all kinds of performance for over 20 years since it was first published in 1996. Contributions from new and emerging practitioners are placed alongside those of long-established individual artists and companies, representing the work of this century's leading practitioners through the voices of over 140 individuals. The contributors in this volume reflect the diverse and eclectic culture of practices that now make up the expanded field of performance, and their stories, reflections and working processes collectively offer a snapshot of contemporary artistic concerns. Many of the pieces have been specially commissioned for this edition and comprise a range of written forms - scholarly, academic, creative, interviews, diary entries, autobiographical, polemical, and visual. Ideal for university students and instructors, this volume's structure and global span invites readers to compare and cross-reference significant approaches outside of the constraints and simplifications of genre, encouraging cross-disciplinary understandings. For those who engage with new, live, and innovative approaches to performance and the interplay of radical ideas, The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader is invaluable"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Action Hero: What's love got to do with it? Gemma and James and Action Hero p. 13

2 Mohammad Aghebati: Interview with Jessica Rizzo p. 21

3 Patricia Ariza: Interview with Beatriz Cabur p. 25

4 Back to Back Theatre: On Making Theatre p. 30

5 Brett Bailey: Interview with Anton Krueger p. 35

6 Dalia Basiouny: Performance through the Egyptian Revolution: Stories from Tahrir p. 44

7 Jérôme Bet: In Conversation with Catherine Wood p. 54

8 Blast Theory: Ulrike and Eamon Compliant: Artists' Statement p. 61

9 Tammy Brennan: Confined: Storyboard p. 67

10 Tania Bruguera: Interview with Jeannette Petrik p. 78

11 The Builders Association: Marianne Weems in Conversation with Eleanor Bishop p. 87

12 Liu Chengrui: A Selection of Actions: A Conversation with Pui Yin Tong p. 94

13 Padmini Chettur: Some Thoughts for the Future p. 97

14 Constantin Chiriac: Interview with Noel Witts p. 105

15 David Chisholm: The Memory of Remembering: Exomologesis and Exagoreusis in the Experiment p. 113

16 Cold Ensemble: Performing Medicine p. 121

17 Maria Jose Contreras: The Body of Memory: María José Contreras' Performance Practices in the Chilean Transition p. 131

18 Augusto Corrieri: A Conjuring Act in the Form of an Interview p. 142

19 Tim Crouch: Interview with Seda Ilter p. 150

20 Dah Theatre: Some Thoughts on the Quality of Attention p. 160

21 Tess de Quincey: A Future Body p. 166

22 Derevo: Endless Death Show p. 174

23 Dood Paard: About Us p. 178

24 Every house has a door: From one Meaning to Another p. 181

25 Eleonora Fabião: Things That Must Be Done Series p. 199

26 Oliver Frijic: Interview with Suzana Marjanic p. 208

27 Gecko: An Organic Journey p. 215

28 Get in the back of the van: Making Things Worse p. 221

29 Gibson/Martelli: The Fifth Wall p. 225

30 Gob Squad: On Participation p. 237

31 Heiner Goebbels: Aesthetics of Absence: How It All Began p. 252

32 Chris Goode: The Cat Test p. 262

33 Shirotama Hitsujiya: Interview with Naito Mao and Hibino Kei p. 269

34 Hotel Pro Forma: Performance as an Investigation of the World p. 277

35 Wendy Houstoun: Some Body and No Body: The Body of a Performer p. 286

36 Imitating the dog: Theatricalising Cinema / Screening Theatre p. 293

37 Hiwa K: Interview with Anthony Downey and Amal Khalaf p. 299

38 La Fura dels Baus: Interview with Mercè Saumell p. 311

39 Lone Twin: Greg Whelan: Interview with Carl Lavery and David Williams p. 319

40 Silvia Mercuriali: Interview with Josephine Machon p. 326

41 Monster Truck: But the Whores Always Loved Me p. 336

42 Needcompany: Jan Lauwers: Interview with Noel Witts p. 342

43 New Art Club: How We Set Out to Make a Piece about Controversial - Works of Art and Ended Up Getting Naked and Talking about How We Feel About Our Bodies p. 349

44 Oblivia: Time Stopper p. 354

45 Toshiki Okada: Interview with Jeremy Barker p. 360

46 Ontroerend Goed: Personal Trilogy: The Smile Off Your Face, Internal and a Game of You p. 364

47 Kira O'Reilly: The Art of Kira O'Reilly p. 373

48 Mike Pearson: Bubbling Tom p. 378

49 Michael Pinchbeck: This is a Love Letter p. 390

50 Punchdrunk: Felix Barrett: Interview with Josephine Machon p. 398

51 Silviu Purcarete: Where Are Your Training Grounds? p. 404

52 Quarantine: A Show of Hands p. 407

53 Reckless Sleepers: "Middles" and "Physics" p. 418

54 Ridiculusmus: A Chat about Comedy p. 423

55 Rimini Protokoll: Interview with Peter M. Boenisch p. 434

56 Farah Saleh: Interview with Marianna Liosi p. 443

57 Peter Sellars: Interview with Bonnie Maranca p. 454

58 Shunt: A Performance Collective p. 468

59 Agata Siniarska: Do it to Me Like in a Real Movie: Lecture Performance p. 474

60 Deepan Sivaraman: Interview with Noel Witts p. 481

61 Sleepwalk Collective: Lost in the Funhouse, or All You Need to Make a Show is a Girl and a Microphone p. 488

62 Andy Smith: This Is It: Notes on a Dematerialised Theatre p. 497

63 Societas Raffaello Sanzio: Entries from a Notebook of Romeo Castellucci p. 505

64 Junnosuke Tada: Interview with Masashi Nomura p. 512

65 Third Angel: Testing the Hypothesis p. 527

66 Ultima Vez: Wim Vandekeybus: Interview with Michael Bellon p. 538

67 Unlimited: Am I Dead Yet? p. 543

68 Sankar Venkateswaran: Theatre of the Mind p. 558

69 Dries Verhoeven: Interview with Robbert Van Heuven p. 565

70 Vincent Dance Theatre: Motherlands p. 574

71 Aaron Williamson: Demonstrating the World: A Public Intervention Performance p. 581

72 Xing Xin: Interview with Pui Yin Tong p. 593

73 Andriy Zholdak: Theory / Lectures of Andriy Zholdak p. 597.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138785342

9781138785335

1138785334

1138785342

OCLC:

1096214253

Publisher Number:

99983923995