The Theatre of the Bauhaus: The Modern and Postmodern Stage of Oskar Schlemmer

ISBN-13: 9780415403986 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 230 str.

Melissa Trimingham

Opis

This book gives the history of the Bauhaus’s ‘theatre of space,' focusing on the experimental stage work at Dessau between 1925 and 1929. This is used to explain the earlier stage work at Weimar and Schlemmer’s extensive oeuvre connected with the Bauhaus, particularly The Triadic Ballet. The idea of ‘theatre of space’ is used to highlight twentieth century practitioners who privilege the visual, aural and plastic qualities of the stage above character, narrative and themes (for example Schlemmer himself, Robert Wilson, Tadeusz Kantor, Robert Lepage, Pina Bausch). This impressive volume will be of use to students and academics involved in the areas of twentieth-century performance, the history of performance art, the history of avant-garde theatre, modern German theatre, and Weimar-era performance.

Recenzje

'This is an insightful and penetrating study of Schlemmer's work at the Bauhaus which can be highly recommended to students of the modernist and postmoderist stage.' - Günter Berghaus, Theatre Research International

'Trimingham succeeds not only in presenting a very precise and clear image of Oskar Schlemmer's work at the Bauhaus, but also in relating his ideas convincingly to modern and postmodern theatre.' - Katharina Wild, Theater for Schung

Spis treści

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments 1: The Theatre of the Bauhaus 2: Modernism 3: Space: Light and Scenery 4: Body and Motion 5: Body and Objects 6: Sound 7: Time 8: Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

Melissa Trimingham is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Kent University, UK. She has worked extensively in UK community theatre and was a founding member of Horse and Bamboo Theatre, Lancashire. She has published on the Bauhaus Theatre in Theatre Research International and Performance Research, on the methodology of practice as research, and on puppetry with autistic children.