Title: Playing with theory in theatre practice /
Authors: Alrutz, Megan.; Listengarten, Julia, 1967-; Wood, M. Van Duyn.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Theater Philosophy.; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General.; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.; PERFORMING ARTS / General.
Abstract: "Through a collection of original essays and case studies, this book introduces ideas and raises questions about building dynamic, theoretically minded production work. Artists and scholars grapple with the shifting value and function of theory in theatre, exploring the multi-faceted and complex relationship between theory and theatre practice"--
Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING THEORY AND PRACTICE -- Introduction to Part I -- Approaching Theory: Scholar and Practitioner / M. Van de Water -- The Function of Theory at the Present Time? / M. Fortier -- 'There is a World Elsewhere': The Endgame of Theory and Practice / M. Kobialka -- PART II: INTERROGATING THEORY IN PRACTICE: PRODUCTIVE TENSIONS, QUESTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- Introduction to Part II -- Lost in Translation: Moving Theory into Dramaturgy / L. Inez-Brown -- The Question of Authenticity and Ethics in Children's Theatre and Art / S. Etheridge Woodson -- Theatrical Nationalism and Subversive Affirmation / S. Wilmer -- Moving Spectators Toward Progressive Politics by Combining Brechtian Theory with Cognitive Science / B. McConachie -- Sensual Engagements: Understanding Theories of the Senses and their Potential Applications within Theatre Practice / S. DiBenedetto -- Intermediate Bodies: Media Theory and Theatre / S. Bay-Cheng -- Resisting Binaries: Theory and Acting / J. Lutterbie -- Intuition in Practice: Emotion and Feeling in the Artistic Process / H. Feiner -- PART III: CASE STUDIES: APPLYING THEORY WITHIN AND THROUGH THE PRODUCTION PROCESS -- Introduction to Part III -- Cyrano's Intercultural Voyages in India / D. McManus -- Theoretical Terrain and Performance Practice: An Actor's Journey into the Uncharted Territory of Landscape Theatre / B. Hanemann -- Under the Influence / A. Mello -- (Re)presenting Silenced Voices: Negotiating Multiple Landscapes Through Body, Voice and Architecture / J. Listengarten and C. Niess -- Voice and the Venus: Opening up Voice and Speech with Post-Colonial Theories / L. Dougherty -- Theatre is Theory: A Case Study of Ghosting / H. Blau -- Seven Instructions: A Dialogue / M. Rohd and S. Scrofano -- Modulating Theory: Breaking New Ground in Musical Theatre Study / J. Bell -- Index.