Theatre/Ecology/Cognition [electronic resource] : Theorizing Performer-Object Interaction in Grotowski, Kantor, and Meyerhold /
Paavolainen, T.author.
How is performer-object interaction enacted and perceived in the theatre? How thereby are varieties of 'meaning' also enacted and perceived? Using cognitive theory and ecological ontology, Paavolainen investigates how the interplay of actors and objects affords a degree of enjoyment and understanding, whether or not the viewer speaks the language.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations                            ; Series Editors' Preface                              ; Acknowledgments                      ; Notes on Style                     ; Introduction                   ; Chapter 1 Agents and Objects: A Primer to Concepts and Approaches                                                                        ; Chapter 2 The Meyerhold Case: Scaffolding Action and Interpretation
Chapter 3 The Polish Case: Poor Theatre/s and Cultural Ecology                                                                     Chapter 4 Grotowski and the "Objectivity" of Performance                                                               ; Chapter 5 Pillories to Barricade: Kantor's Infernal Ecologies                                                                    ; Epilogue Performing Humanity: Tensions and Continuities                                                              ; Notes            ; Works Cited                  ; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How is performer-object interaction enacted and perceived in the theatre? How thereby are varieties of 'meaning' also enacted and perceived? Using cognitive theory and ecological ontology, Paavolainen investigates how the interplay of actors and objects affords a degree of enjoyment and understanding, whether or not the viewer speaks the language.
Meĭerkholʹd, V. Ė. (Vsevolod Ėmilʹevich), 1874-1940
Grotowski, Jerzy, 1933-1999
Kantor, Tadeusz, 1915-1990
Theater—History.
Cognitive psychology.
Cultural studies.
Theater.
Aesthetics.
Theatre History.
Cognitive Psychology.
Cultural Studies.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Aesthetics.