Postdramatic Dramaturgies : Resonances between Asia and Europe / Kai Tuchmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuchmann, Kai, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Other Title:

Postdramatic Dramaturgies

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2022.

Summary:

This book compiles lectures by the world's leading practitioners of postdramatic theatre from East Asia and the German-speaking world, which were given at Asia's only dramaturgy degree program at The Central Academy of Drama in Beijing 2018/19. It includes first-time English-language scripts of the discussed plays. The material is complemented by contextualizing essays by the program founder Li Yinan and its co-developer Kai Tuchmann. Hans-Thies Lehmann contributes the foreword to this volume. This rare compilation enables the reader to gain a unique insider's impression of postdramatic theatre's artistic thinking and working methods and informs about its manifold manifestations. With contributions from Hans-Werner Kroesinger, Lee Kyung-Sung, Li Yinan, Boris Nikitin, Kai Tuchmann, Wang Mengfan, Wen Hui, Zhao Chuan and Zhuang Jiayun.

Contents:

Foreword; Introduction; Rethinking Theatricality; Hans-Thies Lehmann's Postdramatic Theatre and the New Aesthetics of Juchang; There is No Empty Space on Earth; How to Work With Things That Really Happened; STOLPERSTEINE STAATSTHEATER: Documentary Theatre; RED: A Documentary Performance; From the Red Detachment to the Women: A Postscript; Don't Be Yourself. Notes on the Impossibility of Documentary; HAMLET; Practice of Theatre: Rehearsal of Life; LOVE STORY; Shame and Power: A Critical Conversation on the Postdramatic Condition; Biographies; List of Figures and Online Resources.

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