Exercises for rebel artists
Subtitle: radical performance pedagogy
By: Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Roberto Sifuentes
Contributors: Sifuentes, Roberto, 1967-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780415549226; 9780415549233; 9780203830420
Subjects: Training of; Cross-cultural orientation; Study and teaching; Artists; Performance art; Activity programs
Description: "In Exercises for Rebel Artists, Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Roberto Sifuentes use their extensive teaching and performance experience with La Pocha Nostra to help students and practitioners to create border art. Designed to take readers right into the heart of radical performance, the authors use a series of crucial practical exercises, honed in workshops worldwide, to help create challenging theatre which transcends the boundaries of nation, gender, and racial identity. The book features: detailed exercises for using Pocha Nostra methods in workshops; inspirational approaches for anyone creating, producing or teaching radical performance; a step-by-step guide for large-scale group performance; new, unpublished photos of the Pocha Nostra method in practice. Exercises for Rebel Artists advocates teaching as an important form of activism and as an extension of the performance aesthetic. It is an essential text for anyone who wants to learn how use performance to both challenge and change."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.