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

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 scrip...

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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Theater ; 143
Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Content --
Acknowledgments --
Foreword --
I POSTDRAMATIC RESONANCE BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA --
Introduction --
Rethinking Theatricality --
Hans-Thies Lehmann’s Postdramatic Theatre and the New Aesthetics of Juchang --
II POSTDRAMATIC RESONANCE IN THEATRE PRACTICES --
There Is No Empty Space on Earth --
WORLD FACTORY --
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 --
III POSTSCRIPT --
Shame and Power A Critical Conversation on the Postdramatic Condition --
Biographies --
List of Figures and Online Resources
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.
ISBN:3839459974
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Kai Tuchmann.