Collaboration in Performance Practice: Premises, Workings and Failures - Hardcover

 
9781137462459: Collaboration in Performance Practice: Premises, Workings and Failures
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1137462450 ISBN 13: 9781137462459
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Synopsis

Collaboration between artists has been practised for centuries, yet over recent decades the act of collaborating has taken different meanings. This publication examines cultural, philosophical and political issues tied to specific instances of collaborative practice in the performing arts. Leading scholars and practitioners review historical developments of collaborative practice and reveal what it means to work together in creative contexts at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Key questions addressed include how artists are developing new ways of working together in response to contemporary economic trends, the significance of collaborating across culture and what opportunities are apparent when co-working between genres and disciplines. Noyale Colin and Stefanie Sachsenmaier present these perspectives in three thematic sections which interrogate the premises of collective intentions, the working strategies of current practitioners, as well as the role of failure and compromise in collaborative modes of creative work. This volume is an invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and those interested in contemporary artistic methods of working.

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About the Author

Noyale Colin is a lecturer and the course leader of the BA (Hons) Dance programme at University Campus Suffolk, UK. She has worked as a performer and choreographer in the United States and Europe. Her current research examines the politics of co-working in contemporary performance making.

Stefanie Sachsenmaier is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts at Middlesex University, UK. With a background as a performer and tai chi practitioner, her research interests centre on the processual in creative practice.

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Collaboration between artists has been practised for centuries, yet over recent decades the act of collaborating has taken different meanings. This publication examines cultural, philosophical and political issues tied to specific instances of collaborative practice in the performing arts. Leading scholars and practitioners review historical developments of collaborative practice and reveal what it means to work together in creative contexts at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Key questions addressed include how artists are developing new ways of working together in response to contemporary economic trends, the significance of collaborating across culture and what opportunities are apparent when co-working between genres and disciplines. Noyale Colin and Stefanie Sachsenmaier present these perspectives in three thematic sections which interrogate the premises of collective intentions, the working strategies of current practitioners, as well as the role of failure and compromise in collaborative modes of creative work. This volume is an invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and those interested in contemporary artistic methods of working.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1137462450
ISBN 13 
9781137462459
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
328
Editor
Colin Noyale, Sachsenmaier Stefanie

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