Theatre/ecology/cognition
Subtitle: theorizing performer-object interaction in Grotowski, Kantor, and Meyerhold
By: Teemu Paavolainen
Series: Cognitive studies in literature and performance
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781137277916
Subjects: Cognition; Philosophy; Criticism and interpretation; Experimental theater; Theater
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Agents and objects: a primer to concepts and approaches; title: The Meyerhold case: scaffolding action and interpretation; title: The Polish case: poor theatre/s and cultural ecology; title: Grotowski and the "objectivity" of performance; title: Pillories to barricade: Kantor's infernal ecologies; title: Epilogue: performing humanity: tensions and continuities.