Modernist and Avant-Garde Performance : : An Introduction / / Claire Warden.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Warden, Claire,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations

The first detailed, student-focused introduction to modernist avant-garde performanceGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748681556','ISBN:9780748681549','ISBN:9780748681563','9780748681570']);This textbook introduces the reader to modernist avant-garde theatre. It clearly explains the key terms as well as the major movements, including Expressionism, Dadaism, Futurism, Workers' theatres, Constructivism and the Living Newspaper, and Mass Performance, using a case study approach. It introduces the important traditions and conventions of the modernist avant-garde, reassesses theatrical techniques, and provides examples of plays and performances from across Europe and America. There are also chapters on The Modernist Body and on Interdisciplinary Performance. The book approaches the modernist avant-garde both as an area of academic study and as potential raw material for contemporary performance. Key Features:The first introductory guide to the modernist theatrical avant-garde Includes case studies, practical exercises at the end of each chapter, an annotated bibliography and a glossary of performance termsIncludes links to performance-based explorations of theatrical techniquesProvides a springboard for further independent study, both theoretical and practical"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Manifesto for Modernist Performance -- Introduction: Modern/Modernism/Modernist, (the) Avant-garde and Performance -- 1. The Conventions of Modernist Performance -- 2. Performing Modernisms: Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism and Futurism -- 3. Politics and Performance -- 4. The Modernist Body -- 5. Total Theatre and Interdisciplinarity -- Conclusion -- Glossaries -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index