Body Show/s: Australian Viewings of Live Performance - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 9042014733 ISBN 13 : 9789042014732

Editeur : Editions Rodopi B.V., 2000

Synopsis

Body Show/s: Australian Viewings of Live Performance asks: in what ways do physical bodies in live performance present vital and compelling expressions of ideas?
This collection contains critical analyses of cultural spectacle and social identity by eighteen major Australian scholars and practitioners. It discusses and describes bodies in contemporary performance, theatre, visual art and dance; in circus and ethnographic shows; in performance training, butoh and wrestling; at gay and lesbian dance parties; and in relation to digital images. It explores historical and theoretical issues of gender and postcoloniality, technology, and the location of bodies in architectural, social and virtual spaces.
Artistes and groups discussed include Sydney Front, Open City, The Performance Space, Meryl Tankard's Australian Dance Theatre, Chrissie Parrott, the Bell Shakespeare Company, Tess De Quincey, Yumi Umiumare, Gilgul Theatre, Lyndal Jones, Stelarc, Death Defying Theatre, colonial circus, ethnographic displays, the horse as performer, and wrestling legends Gorgeous George and Ravishing Ricky Rude.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peta Tait is a leading scholar of physical theatre, circus and women's performance, who works with The Party Line performance group, Sydney. Her books include Converging Realities: Feminism in Australian Theatre (1994) and the co-edited Australian Women's Drama: Texts and Feminisms (1997).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9042014733
• ISBN 13: 9789042014732
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible