PERFORMANCE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Andy Lavender ( 9781136467141 )

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Title:

PERFORMANCE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
THEATRES OF ENGAGEMENT

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Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1136467149

ISBN 13:

9781136467141

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

26 May, 2016

Pages:

236

Synopsis:

Performance in the Twenty-First Century: Theatres of Engagement addresses the reshaping of theatre and performance after postmodernism. Andy Lavender argues provocatively that after the `classic' postmodern tropes of detachment, irony, and contingency, performance in the twenty-first century engages more overtly with meaning, politics and society. It involves a newly pronounced form of personal experience, often implicating the body and/or one's sense of self. This volume examines a range of performance events, including work by both emergent and internationally significant companies and artists such as Rimini Protokoll, Blast Theory, dreamthinkspeak, Zecora Ura, Punchdrunk, Ontroerend Goed, Kris Verdonck, Dries Verhoeven, Rabih Mroue, Derren Brown and David Blaine. It also considers a wider range of cultural phenomena such as online social networking, sports events, installations, games-based work and theme parks, where principles of performance are in play. Performance in the Twenty-First Century is a compelling and provocative resource for anybody interested in discovering how performance theory can be applied to cutting-edge culture, and indeed the world around them.

Illustrations:

50 Halftones, black and white

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Non-returnable

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