Provocative and Transformative Performance

ISBN-13: 9783639145274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 348 str.

Tessa Needham

Opis

What tools do performers use to provoke theiraudiences to change?What is the nature and potential extent of thischange? Provocative and Transformative Performance looks at the potential of performance to provoke attitudinal and behaviouralchange. Through a combination of theoretical and practicalresearch, it attempts to locate specific characteristics ofperformances that may be both provocative and transformative. Alchemypermeates the book, weaving through the analysis as a metaphor for transformation. The alchemical moment of projection is particularly significant; this is theclimax, the final operation before gold is achieved. This book is amethodological and evaluative engagement with provocative andtransformative performance, taking into account the intention of theperformer, the instrumentation performers employ in order to provokeand transform their audiences, and the potentialillumination of an issue for the audience through performance. Through thistheoretical framework, it aims to throw light on the ways inwhich performance can provoke transformation.

O autorze

Tessa Needham completed Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Theory &
Practice), Bachelor of
Performance, Theory & Practice (Honours) and PhD degrees at the
University of Western
Sydney, Australia. She is now an independent scholar.