Intercultural Performance Reader

Title: Intercultural Performance Reader
Author: Pavis, Patrice
Price: $63.99

This volume gathers together artists and scholars from around the world to provide an international overview of the new field of intercultural performance. has enormous potential for open dialogue between cultures, though the best-documented perspectives are those of Western artists such as Peter Brook, Richard Schechner, Jacques Lecoq and Ariane Mnouchkine. The \"Reader\" raises new questions and debates by placing these views alongside those of artists from African, Maori, Chinese and Indian theatre.

Contents: 1 Historical Contexts 1.1 Interculturalism in Contemporary Theatre Erika Fischer-Lichte 1.2 Interculturalism and the Culture of Choice Richard Schechner 1.3 There are at least three Americas Josette Feral 2. Interculture practice from the western point of view 2.1 The Culture of links Peter Brook 2.2 'Remembering the Others that are Us': Transculturalism and myth in the theatre of Peter Brook David Williams 2.3 Passages to India Marvin Carlson 2.4 \"Theatre is oriental\" Ariane Mnouchkine 2.5 Hear, See, Act Robert Wilson 2.6 Japanese Traces in the Productions of Robert Wilson Christel Weiler 2.7 Dario Fo from one language to the other Valeria Tasca 2.8 The Duty to Translate Antoine Vitez 2.9 Antoine Vitez: towards an Intercultural Discourse Anne Neuschafer 2.10 Theatre of Gesture and Image Jacques Lecoq 3. Interculture practice from another point of view 3.1 The Reinvention of theatrical tradition: critical discourses on interculturalism in the African Theatre Biodun Jeyifo 3.2 Languages of African Theatre: A Nigerian Casebook Martin Banham 3.3 \"It is political if it can be passed on\" Roma Potiki 3.4 Between Separation and Integration: Intercultural Strategies in Contemporary Maori Theatre Chris Balme 3.5 China Dream. A Theatrical Dialogue between East and West William Sun and Faye Fei 3.6 The Request Concert Project Rustom Bharucha 4 Interculturalism all the same... 4.1 Eurasian Theatre Eugenio Barba 4.2 Barba's Theatre Anthropology: an Intercultural Methodology Ian Watson 4.3 Around Theatre: The Orient - The Occident Jerzy Grotowski 4.4 Grotowski: The absent Presence George Banu 4.5 The possibilities and politics of inter-cultural Penetration and Exchange Clive Barker

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date: 04/07/1996
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780415081542
Publishing status: AU POD in BN