Aesthetics of absence : texts on theatre / Heiner Goebbels ; edited by Jane Collins ; consultant editor Nicholas Till ; translated by David Roesner and Christina M. Lagao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goebbels, Heiner, author.

Contributor:

Collins, Jane, 1951- editor.

Till, Nicholas, 1955- editor.

Rosener, David, translator.

Lagao, Christina M., translator.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Standardized Title:

Ästhetik der Abwesenheit. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Theater--Germany--History--21st century.

Theater.

History.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 111 pages, 16 color plates) : illustrations (some color

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Aesthetics of Absence presents a significant challenge to the many embedded assumptions and hierarchical structures that have become 'naturalised' in western theatre production. This is the first English translation of a new collection of writings and lectures by Heiner Goebbels, the renowned German theatre director, composer and teacher. These writings map Goebbels' engagement with 'Aesthetics of Absence' through his own experience at the forefront of innovative music-theatre and performance making. In this volume, Goebbels reflects on works created over a period of more than 20 years staged throughout the world; introduces some of his key artistic influences, including Robert Wilson and Jean-Luc Godard; discusses the work of his students and ex-students, the collective Rimini Protokoll; and sets out the case for a radical rethinking of theatre and performance education. He gives us a rare insight into the rehearsal process of critically acclaimed works such as Eraritjaritjaka and Stifters Dinge, explaining in meticulous detail the way he weaves an eclectic range of references from fine art, theatre, literature, politics, anthropology, contemporary and classical music, jazz and folk, into his multi-textured music-theatre compositions. As an artist who is prepared to share his research and demystify the processes through which his own works come into being, and as a teacher with a coherent pedagogical strategy for educating the next generation of theatre-makers, in this volume Goebbels brings together practice, research and scholarship. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Aesthetics of absence: How it all began

pt. I Texts on work(s)

2.Description of a picture, table-parties and comparative degrees: About the opera Landscape with Distant Relatives

3.`You notice some things only because they're not connected to anything': Questions on constructing Eraritjaritjaka

4.Real time in Oberplan: On Stifters Dinge

A theatre of deceleration

5.Peculiar voices: On working on I Went to the House But Did Not Enter

6.The space as invitation: The spectator as the object of art

pt. II Texts on artists

7.`But I wanted this to be a narrative': Jean-Luc Godard as a composer

8.What we don't see attracts us: Four theses on Call Cutta by Rimini Protokoll

9.The mystery of signs: For Robert Wilson

10.Trust no eye: For Erich Wonder

11.`To comprehensively build up a society with modest prosperity': The Ensemble Modern as an example

pt. III Texts on education

Note continued: 12.Research or craftsmanship? Nine theses on the future of an education for the performing arts

13.If I want an actor to cry, I give him an onion: On working with actors

14.A giant wooden pistol: Theory and practice in Giesen

15.Organizing hearing and seeing: Die Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft

16.Compromise is a bad director: Theatre as museum or laboratory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781315850153

131585015X

Publisher Number:

99984702922

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