Fluid stages, morphing theatre spaces, ambulant spectators, and
occasionally disappearing performers: these are some of the key
ingredients of nomadic theatre. They are also theatre's response to
life in the 21st century, which is increasingly marked by the mobility
of people, information, technologies and services. While examining how
contemporary theatre exposes and queries this mobile turn in society,
Liesbeth Groot Nibbelink introduces the concept of nomadic theatre as
a vital tool for analyzing how movement and mobility affect and
implicate the theatre, how this makes way for local operations and
lived spaces, and how physical movements are stepping stones for
theorizing mobility at large. This book focuses on ambulatory
performances and performative installations, asking how they stage
movement and in turn mobilize the stage. By analyzing the work of
leading European artists such as Rimini Protokoll, Dries Verhoeven,
Ontroerend Goed, and Signa, Nomadic Theatre demonstrates that mobile
performances radically rethink the conditions of the stage and alter
our understanding of spectatorship. Nomadic Theatre instigates
connections across disciplinary fields and feeds dramaturgical
analysis with insights derived from media theory, urban philosophy,
cartography, architecture, and game studies. It illustrates how
theatre, as a material form of thought, creatively and critically
engages with mobile existence both on the stage and in society.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350051041
Publisert
2019
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Methuen Drama
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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