The Routledge companion to performance practitioners. Volume one (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Companion to performance practitioners; Performance practitioners
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Franc Chamberlain and Bernadette Sweeney.
• Editors: Chamberlain, Franc; Sweeney, Bernadette, 1969-
• Contents: Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction 1. STANISLAVSKI (1863 –1938) – Bella Merlin 1.1 BIOGRAPHY IN SOCIAL AND ARTISTIC CONTEXT 1.2 DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE SEAGULL 2. MEYERHOLD (1874 –1940) – Jonathan Pitches 2.1 A LIFE OF CONTRADICTIONS 2.2 MEYERHOLD’S KEY PRODUCTION: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR 3. COPEAU (1879 –1949) – Mark Evans 3.1 THE LIFE OF JACQUES COPEAU 3.2 COPEAU’S IDEAS IN PRODUCTION: LES FOURBERIES DE SCAPIN 4. LABAN (1879 –1958) – Karen K. Bradley 4.1 LABAN’S CORE: BIOGRAPHY 4.2 THE TANZTHEATER AND ANALYSIS OF A WORK: DIE GRÜNEN CLOWNS 5. WIGMAN (1886 –1973) – Mary Anne Santos Newhall 5.1 MARY WIGMAN: A LIFE IN DANCE 5.2 MARY WIGMAN AS CHOREOGRAPHER: CHOOSING THE FOCUS 6. CHEKHOV (1891 –1955) – Franc Chamberlain 6.1 BIOGRAPHY AND CONTEXT 6.2 CHEKHOV AS DIRECTOR 7. BRECHT (1898 –1956) – Meg Mumford 7.1 A LIFE IN FLUX 7.2 THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE : A PRODUCTION MODEL 8. DECROUX (1898 –1991) – Thomas Leabhart 8.1 A PROMETHEAN LIFE 8.2 DECROUX AS DIRECTOR/CREATOR: HOW DID DECROUX MAKE A PERFORMANCE? 9. OHNO (1906 –2010) and HIJIKATA (1928 –1986) – Sondra Fraleigh and Tamah Nakamura 9.1 BUTOH SHAPESHIFTERS 9.2 DANCES OF DEATH, SACRIFICE, AND SPIRIT 10. LITTLEWOOD (1914 –2002) – Nadine Holdsworth 10.1 BIOGRAPHY IN POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ARTISTIC CONTEXT 10.2 DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 792.02320922; Theatrical producers and directors -- Biography; Theater -- History; Performance art -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000038859; 9781000038774; 9781000038811; 9780367815998; 9780367903480
• Related ISBNs: 97803674173211
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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