Theatre and Performance Studies 2012

Performance Studies

An Introduction, 3rd Edition

By Richard Schechner

Edited by Sara Brady

The publication of Performance Studies: An Introduction was a defining moment for the field. Richard Shechner's pioneering textbook provides a lively and accessible overview of the full range of performance for undergraduates at all levels and beginning graduate students in performance studies,...

To Be Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge

Archaeologies of Presence

Edited by Gabriella Giannachi, Nick Kaye, Michael Shanks

Archaeologies of Presence is a brilliant exploration of how the performance of presence can be understood through the relationships between performance theory and archaeological thinking. Drawing together carefully commissioned contributions by leading international scholars and artists, this...

Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge

Performing Remains

Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment

By Rebecca Schneider

'At last, the past has arrived! Performing Remains is Rebecca Schneider's authoritative statement on a major topic of interest to the field of theatre and performance studies. It extends and consolidates her pioneering contributions to the field through its interdisciplinary method, vivid writing,...

Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge

Social Works

Performing Art, Supporting Publics

By Shannon Jackson

‘a game-changer, a must-read for scholars, students and artists alike’ – Tom Finkelpearl At a time when art world critics and curators heavily debate the social, and when community organizers and civic activists are reconsidering the role of aesthetics in social reform, this book makes explicit...

Published February 20th 2011 by Routledge

Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure

By Sara Jane Bailes

What does it mean to "fail" in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre’s potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail? In Performance Theatre and the Poetics...

Published August 24th 2010 by Routledge

Performance and Cognition

Theatre Studies and the Cognitive Turn

Edited by Bruce McConachie, F. Elizabeth Hart

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This anthology is the first of its kind. In addition to opening up fresh perspectives on theatre studies – with applications for dramatic criticism, performance analysis, acting practice, audience response, theatre history, and other important areas – the book sets the agenda for future work,...

Published February 1st 2010 by Routledge

Ritual and Event

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Mark Franko

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Ritual today can be encountered in the midst of catastrophic and transforming events. This collection reassesses and revises traditionally understood relationships between ritual and politics, ritual and everyday life, ritual and art making, and ritual and disaster.The methodologies...

Published October 12th 2009 by Routledge

The Politics of New Media Theatre

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By Gabriella Giannachi

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

The first book in the field to explore the links between theories of globalization and surveillance, bipower and biopolitics, performance and theatre, computer arts and politics, "The Politics of New Media Theatre" is an investigation into the political role played by the new media theatre....

Published October 12th 2009 by Routledge

The Transformative Power of Performance

A New Aesthetics

By Erika Fischer-Lichte

In this book, Erika Fischer-Lichte traces the emergence of performance as 'an art event' in its own right. In setting performance art on an equal footing with the traditional art object, she heralds a new aesthetics. The peculiar mode of experience that a performance provokes – blurring...

Published June 4th 2008 by Routledge

Stage Presence

By Jane Goodall

Focusing on examples of live performance in drama, dance, opera and light entertainment, Jane Goodall explores a characteristic as compelling and enigmatic as the performers who demonstrate it. The mysterious quality of ‘presence’ in a performer has strong resonances with the uncanny. It is...

Published April 17th 2008 by Routledge

Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction

By Simon Murray, John Keefe

Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction is the first account to provide a comprehensive overview of non text-based theatre, from experimental dance to traditional mime. This book synthesizes the history, theory and practice of physical theatres for students and performers, in what is both a core...

Published November 11th 2007 by Routledge

Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader

Edited by John Keefe, Simon Murray

Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader is an invaluable resource for students of physically orientated theatre and performance. This book aims to trace the roots and development of physicality in theatre by combining practical experience of the field with a strong historical and theoretical...

Published November 6th 2007 by Routledge

The Performance Studies Reader

2nd Edition

Edited by Henry Bial

Following on from the highly successful first anthology of critical and theoretical writings on performance studies, this is an updated and significantly expanded second edition which brings the anthology up to date with current debate. The new edition contains expanded introductory essays, eight...

Published April 4th 2007 by Routledge