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American Performance In 1976 - The Evolution Of An Avant-Garde

by Marc (Yale University, Connecticut) Robinson

~~40,55€~~ 36,50€ 10% OFF

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 A panoramic account of a single year uncommonly crowded with seminal works of performance. Surveying American drama, theater, dance, and performance art across the 1970s, this study then delves into five representative works of avant-garde theater from 1976 to reveal the poetics of a transformative moment in American culture.
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American Performance In 1976 - The Evolution Of An Avant-Garde

by Marc (Yale University, Connecticut) Robinson

~~128,43€~~ 115,59€ 10% OFF

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 A panoramic account of a single year uncommonly crowded with seminal works of performance. Surveying American drama, theater, dance, and performance art across the 1970s, this study then delves into five representative works of avant-garde theater from 1976 to reveal the poetics of a transformative moment in American culture.
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State Of The Arts - An Ethnography Of German Theatre And Migration

by Jonas (Saarland University) Tinius

~~31,08€~~ 27,97€ 10% OFF

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 Introducing key debates about German public theatre, Jonas Tinius shows how anthropological methods provide insights into cultural history, nation-building, and artistic production. His rigorous analysis covers case studies from a post-industrial region in transition, featuring in-depth examples of migrant and refugee urban theatre projects.
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International Theatre Festivals And Twenty-First-Century Interculturalism

by Ric (University Of Guelph, Ontario) Knowles

32,45€ + 10% CARD

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 International theatre and live-arts festivals too often come under the exclusive purview of tourism and city branding. Exploring their potential to foster communication across cultural difference, this book demonstrates how they might better serve one of the most urgent processes of our times: intercultural negotiation and exchange.
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State Of The Arts - An Ethnography Of German Theatre And Migration

by Jonas (Saarland University) Tinius

120,32€ + 10% CARD

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 Introducing key debates about German public theatre, Jonas Tinius shows how anthropological methods provide insights into cultural history, nation-building, and artistic production. His rigorous analysis covers case studies from a post-industrial region in transition, featuring in-depth examples of migrant and refugee urban theatre projects.
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Theatre In Market Economies

by Michael (Queen Mary University Of London) Mckinnie

33,80€ + 10% CARD

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 Examines the relationship between theatre, economics, and politics during the past two decades. Its interdisciplinary approach - bringing together theatre studies, political economy, geography, and more - will attract readers specialising in theatre studies and those interested in the complex interplay between culture, economics, and politics.
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Performance And Translation In A Global Age

120,32€ + 10% CARD

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 This global overview illuminates the broad impact of the 'performance turn' in the arts and humanities, showing how translation emerges as a performative practice that enriches our understanding of language and politics. An essential collection for scholars and students of theatre and performance, translation and comparative literature.
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Real Theatre - Essays In Experience

by Paul (University Of Melbourne) Rae

45,96€ + 10% CARD

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 From forgetting lines to watching Phantom of the Opera, this book uses a range of musicals, plays and experimental performances to show what theatre is made of and how we experience it. Its broad scope will appeal to theatre-goers, while its performance analyses, informed by assemblage theory, will be invaluable for students and theatre scholars.
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International Theatre Festivals And Twenty-First-Century Interculturalism

by Ric Knowles

31,80€ + 10% CARD

 International theatre and live-arts festivals too often come under the exclusive purview of tourism and city branding. Exploring their potential to foster communication across cultural difference, this book demonstrates how they might better serve one of the most urgent processes of our times: intercultural negotiation and exchange.
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International Theatre Festivals And Twenty-First-Century Interculturalism

by Ric Knowles

31,80€ + 10% CARD

 International theatre and live-arts festivals too often come under the exclusive purview of tourism and city branding. Exploring their potential to foster communication across cultural difference, this book demonstrates how they might better serve one of the most urgent processes of our times: intercultural negotiation and exchange.
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International Theatre Festivals And Twenty-First-Century Interculturalism

by Ric (University Of Guelph, Ontario) Knowles

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 International theatre and live-arts festivals too often come under the exclusive purview of tourism and city branding. Exploring their potential to foster communication across cultural difference, this book demonstrates how they might better serve one of the most urgent processes of our times: intercultural negotiation and exchange.
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Copyright And The Value Of Performance, 1770â€“1911

by Derek (Harvard University, Massachusetts) Miller

45,96€ + 10% CARD

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 Copyright for performances of theater and music was invented in the nineteenth century. Courtroom battles over new laws helped define the value of dramatic and musical performances both economically and artistically. Scholars of theater and performance, music, and law will learn how copyright changes the artistic forms it seeks to control.
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Real Theatre - Essays In Experience

by Paul (University Of Melbourne) Rae

127,08€ + 10% CARD

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 From forgetting lines to watching Phantom of the Opera, this book uses a range of musicals, plays and experimental performances to show what theatre is made of and how we experience it. Its broad scope will appeal to theatre-goers, while its performance analyses, informed by assemblage theory, will be invaluable for students and theatre scholars.
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Acts Of Activism - Human Rights As Radical Performance

by D. Soyini (Northwestern University, Illinois) Madison

50,02€ + 10% CARD

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 This 2010 book presents the neglected yet compelling and necessary story of local activists in South Saharan Africa who employ modes of performance as tactics of resistance and intervention in their day-to-day struggles for human rights. The dynamic relationship between performance and activism are illustrated in three case studies.
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Acts Of Activism - Human Rights As Radical Performance

by D. Soyini (Northwestern University, Illinois) Madison

133,84€ + 10% CARD

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 This 2010 book presents the neglected yet compelling and necessary story of local activists in South Saharan Africa who employ modes of performance as tactics of resistance and intervention in their day-to-day struggles for human rights. The dynamic relationship between performance and activism are illustrated in three case studies.
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Stage Fright, Animals, And Other Theatrical Problems

by Nicholas (Queen Mary University Of London) Ridout

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 Things nearly always go wrong in the theatre. This study looks at the things that shouldn't happen: stage fright, embarrassment, animals on stage, getting the giggles and bumping into the furniture. All these turn out to be neither anomalies nor accidents, but are instead what makes theatre, theatre.
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Professing Performance - Theatre In The Academy From Philology To Performativity

by Shannon (University Of California, Berkeley) Jackson

133,84€ + 10% CARD

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 Professing Performance, first published in 2004, explores the institutional history of performance in the US academy in order to revise current debates around the role of the arts and humanities in higher education. Shannon Jackson analyses long-standing debates between the world of the scholar and the world of the artist.
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Theatricality

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 This collection of specially-commissioned, accessible, essays explores that element of performance theory known as theatricality. Six case studies use historically specific circumstances to illustrate how and why the concept of theatricality is used. Provides a first-step guide for those discovering the complex yet rewarding world of performance theory.
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New Readings In Theatre History

by Jacky (Royal Holloway, University Of London) Bratton

82,46€ + 10% CARD

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 Theatre history has been interpreted in ways which highlight and often omit key elements. Using case studies from nineteenth-century British theatre, Bratton examines the difference between the existence of 'the drama' and 'the stage' and offers a new perspective on theatre history and the discipline.
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Professing Performance - Theatre In The Academy From Philology To Performativity

by Shannon (University Of California, Berkeley) Jackson

51,37€ + 10% CARD

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 Professing Performance, first published in 2004, explores the institutional history of performance in the US academy in order to revise current debates around the role of the arts and humanities in higher education. Shannon Jackson analyses long-standing debates between the world of the scholar and the world of the artist.
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New Readings In Theatre History

by Jacky (Royal Holloway, University Of London) Bratton

54,08€ + 10% CARD

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 Theatre history has been interpreted in ways which highlight and often omit key elements. Using case studies from nineteenth-century British theatre, Bratton examines the difference between the existence of 'the drama' and 'the stage' and offers a new perspective on theatre history and the discipline.
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Reading The Material Theatre

by Ric (University Of Guelph, Ontario) Knowles

51,37€ + 10% CARD

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 Reading the Material Theatre, first published in 2004, demonstrates a method of theatrical performance analysis taking into account the entire theatre experience, from production to reception. It includes five case studies of the cultural work performed by repertory and touring theatre companies and by international festivals.
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Theatre In Market Economies

by Michael (Queen Mary University Of London) Mckinnie

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 Examines the relationship between theatre, economics, and politics during the past two decades. Its interdisciplinary approach - bringing together theatre studies, political economy, geography, and more - will attract readers specialising in theatre studies and those interested in the complex interplay between culture, economics, and politics.
ENGLISH

Stage Fright, Animals, And Other Theatrical Problems

by Nicholas (Queen Mary University Of London) Ridout

OUT OF STOCK OR NOT AVAILABLE

 Things nearly always go wrong in the theatre. This study looks at the things that shouldn't happen: stage fright, embarrassment, animals on stage, getting the giggles and bumping into the furniture. All these turn out to be neither anomalies nor accidents, but are instead what makes theatre, theatre.

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