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Synopsis
In 1993 when Robert Lepage suggested to his colleagues that a specific identity and image be found for his next working group, he imposed one condition. The word “theatre” was not to be part of the name of the new company. This gorgeous full-colour book documents the results of that landmark decision: the dynamic creative arts company Ex Machina, constantly on the move in search of new forms of storytelling―from Lepage’s own Dragon’s Trilogy, through Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen for the Metropolitan Opera of New York, to Peter Gabriel’s world tours, or Cirque du Soleil’s Kà in Las Vegas. Its frenetic dynamism means the company must constantly move simultaneously between story draft and stagecraft as it invites audiences the world over to their theatrical experiments where technology is part of the human adventure. Onstage, hierarchies, methodologies and narrative codes are turned inside out to create a rich stage vocabulary, free of the conventional constraints of theatre.
“The artists of Ex Machina believe that theatre craves new sources of inspiration,” notes Michel Bernatchez, the company’s producer. “What is needed is a commingling of the performing arts such as dance, opera and music with the recording arts such as cinema, video and multimedia. It calls for encounters between scientists and playwrights, between scenic artists and architects.”
Robert Lepage has said, “Theatre, like the world itself, evolves very rapidly, as do its practitioners and its audience. The influence of film and television and the new dramaturgical possibilities offered by multimedia have opened the way to new forms of expression and new languages of staging that have only barely been explored. It is thus not simply the content and form of theatre that we are questioning, but also the role theatre will play in the new exchange of ideas in the 21st century.”
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About the Authors
Patrick Caux holds a degree in political science and studied playwrighting at the National Theatre School of Canada. Caux has been an avid fan and commentator on the work of Ex Machina since its beginnings. He writes regularly for Le Devoir.
Talon published his Ex Machina (2009), which he co-wrote with Bernard Gilbert.
Bernard Gilbert has worked for thirty years in arts and culture, including as a journalist for CBC, as the founder of Crossroad Theatre and as a collaborator on a variety of public art events across Canada and internationally―most recently the celebrations for Quebec’s 400-year anniversary. His written work includes novels, poems and plays.
Neil Kroetsch is a Quebec-based actor and director, and co-founder of Montreal’s Bulldog Theatre. He also works regularly in film and television.
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Softcover. Condition: VG. Black and color illustrated wraps with white and red lettering, 83 pp, color illustrated flyleaves, illustrated throughout in color. This gorgeous full-colour book documents the dynamic creative arts company Ex Machina, including Robert Lepage's Dragon's Trilogy. Contents include: In Search of New Connections, New Mutations -- The Roots of Ex Machina -- Debut at Le Repere -- In Orbit From One Theatre to Another -- A Home at Last -- Telling Stories -- Contemporary Melodrama -- A Dialogue With Other Disciplines -- Shaping a Theory in Movement -- Theatre as Event -- Aim for Danger -- Think Outside the Box -- The Creative Process -- Extracting Fragments From Chaos -- The Component Elements Emerge -- Imposing a Structure on a World of Possibilities -- Chance and Chaos -- The Actor as Creator -- Plunging in Feet First -- Directing Actors -- Ready-to-Wear Characters -- Combining Disciplines -- Repertoire of Movement -- Mounting Solo Shows -- A New Theatrical Language -- A More Dynamic Narrative Universe -- Low Tech/High Tech -- Behind the Scenes -- Breaking Down Hierarchies -- Making the Play Possible -- Taking Advantage of Constraints -- A Treasure-Trove of Cast-Off Material -- Establishing the Means to Create -- A Timeframe Conducive to Creating -- A Day at the Caserne -- Public Rehearsals -- A Performance Is Born -- The Repertoire -- An Eternal Quest -- In Search of the Other -- Field Notes: The Blue Dragon Project -- June 2007 -- Opera -- The Voice of Hypertheatre -- Nothing More Theatrical Than Opera -- First Forays Into Opera -- The Damnation of Faust -- A Long-Term Project -- From Idea to Performance -- The Inspiration for The Rake's Progress -- The Ex Machina Operas -- A Rarefied Art Form -- The Ex Machina Team. Seller Inventory # 180139
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