The Senses in Performance (Worlds of Performance) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415281857 ISBN 13: 9780415281850

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This ground-breaking anthology is the first to be dedicated to assessing critically the role of the human sensorium in performance.

Senses in Performance presents a multifaceted approach to the methodological, theoretical, practical and historical challenges facing the scholar and the artist. This volume examines the subtle actions of the human senses including taste, touch, smell and vision in all sorts of performances in Western and non-Western traditions, from ritual to theatre, from dance to interactive architecture, from performance art to historical opera.

With eighteen original essays brought together by an international ensemble of leading scholars and artists including Richard Schechner and Philip Zarrilli. This covers a variety of disciplinary fields from critical studies to performance studies, from food studies to ethnography from drama to architecture.

Written in an accessible way this volume will appeal to scholars and non-scholars interested in Performance/Theatre Studies and Cultural Studies.

About this title

About the Author

Banes, Sally; Lepecki, Andre

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415281857
• ISBN 13: 9780415281850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Banes Sally, Lepecki Andre