Theatre, Performance and Technology: The Development and Transformation of Scenography: 3 (Theatre and Performance Practices) - Softcover

Baugh, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113700584X ISBN 13: 9781137005847

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2013

Synopsis

Chris Baugh explores how developments and changes in technology have been reflected in scenography throughout history. Taking into account the latest research, his new edition examines moving light technologies, the internet as a platform of performance, urban scenography and how scenography has developed as a collaborative practice. Chris Baugh explores how developments and changes in technology have been reflected in scenography throughout history. Taking into account the latest research, his new edition examines moving light technologies, the internet as a platform of performance, urban scenography and how scenography has developed as a collaborative practice.

About this title

About the Author

Christpoher Baugh is Emeritus Professor of Performance and Technology at the University of Leeds, UK, and Professor of Theatre at the University of Hull, UK.

From the Back Cover

Throughout history, scenography has played a significant role in theatre, always drawing upon the latest technologies of manufacture and control. In the twenty-first century, it is fast becoming an artistic practice in its own right, engaging with audiences in varied ways. Christopher Baugh considers how change in scenographic identity has impacted upon the place and meaning of performance over the past 300 years.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition discusses:
- moving light technologies
- the Internet as a platform of performance
- urban scenography
- scenography's role in the creation of memory
- the development of scenography as a collaborative practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113700584X
• ISBN 13: 9781137005847
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 308