New Performance/New Writing - Softcover

Freeman, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403998140 ISBN 13: 9781403998149

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

Contemporary practitioners such as Orlan, Franko B, Robert Wilson and Tim Etchells are creating work that flies in the face of traditional thinking about what performance might mean. "New Performance/New Writing" offers contextualization and guidance for those wishing to explore these innovative approaches. With chapters on the relationships between written text and body, self, space and devising, the author traces the history of performance practice in a critically informed and accessible way. This book includes recommendations for further reading, case studies and performance writing exercises.

About this title

About the Author

JOHN FREEMAN is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Cultural Studies at Curtin University, Western Australia, and has taught in the UK, Europe and the US. He has written extensively on contemporary performance and new theatre writing, with articles published in The Guardian, Contemporary Theatre Review and The Journal of Higher Education. He is the author of Tracing the Footprints and the former editor of Performance Practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403998140
• ISBN 13: 9781403998149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192