Performance and Cosmopolitics [electronic resource] : Cross-Cultural Transactions in Australasia /
Gilbert, H.author.
Lo, J.author.
This ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region focuses on theatrical events and practices in avant-garde and mainstream contexts. It explores the cultural and political dimensions of Australia's engagement with Asia and sheds light on international arts marketing and trends in cross-cultural performance training.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Performing Cosmopolitics; 1 (Anti-)Cosmopolitan Encounters; 2 Indigenizing Australian Theatre; 3 Asianizing Australian Theatre; 4 Marketing Difference at the Adelaide Festival; 5 Crossing Cultures: Case Studies; 6 Asian Australian Hybrid Praxis; 7 Performance and Asylum: Ethics, Embodiment, Efficacy; Conclusion: Cosmopolitics in the New Millennium; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region focuses on theatrical events and practices in avant-garde and mainstream contexts. It explores the cultural and political dimensions of Australia's engagement with Asia and sheds light on international arts marketing and trends in cross-cultural performance training.
Theater.
Ethnology—Asia.
Arts.
Theater—History.
Environment.
Performing arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Asian Culture.
Arts.
Theatre History.
Environment, general.
Performing Arts.