Theatre & the Body

ISBN-13: 9780230205437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 96 str.

Colette Conroy

Opis

Bodies are active and dynamic elements of theatre production and spectatorship. They are important concepts as well as objects within theater. This book examines the rich and complex relationships between the uses of bodies in theater and the ways in which bodies are culturally imagined and understood in theater.

Spis treści

Foreword; Marina Abramovi?.- Bodies and Meaning.- Bodies and Minds.- Bodies and Culture.- Conclusion.- Further Reading.

O autorze

COLETTE CONROY is Lecturer in Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.  She is editor of Research in Drama Education's themed issue 'Disability: Creative Tensions in Applied Theatre' (14.1, 2009).

Blurb

What do we mean when we talk about bodies in theatre? And how does theatre affect the way we think about the human body?

Bodies are vital elements of theatre production and spectatorship. But the body is not just physical, it is also conceptual. Drawing on many examples from contemporary performance, Theatre& the Body is a provocative starting point for understanding the surprisingly complex relationship between theatre and the body. Concise and clear, this book explores the revealing tensions between the body, bodies, language, representation and movement in the theatre.
 
Foreword by Marina Abramovic