1st Edition

The Immersive Theatre of GAle GAtes

By Daniella Mooney Copyright 2023
162 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book focuses on experimental theatre company, GAle GAtes, credited as "the true innovator" of the contemporary immersive movement. The Immersive Theatre of GAle GAtes is a case-study of this little-known but visionary company, with a focus on its development and dramaturgy. Through rare archival and primary research, as well as historical context, the text chronicles company narrative... Read more

 

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Rachel Bowditch

Introduction

Chapter 1. GAle GAtes Formation And Early Works

Chapter 2. The DUMBO Warehouse

Chapter 3. Field of Mars

Chapter 4. Tilly Losch

Chapter 5. 1839

Chapter 6. So Long Ago I Can’t Remember

Chapter 7. Montage and the Visual Arts Influence

Chapter 8. Series, Festivities, and Closure

Chapter 9. Landscape Opera + the Immersive Work of GAle GAtes Et Al.

Chapter 10. Sustainability

Conclusion: ~"This Has Been Very American"

Index

Biography

Daniella Vinitski Mooney is a PhD artist-scholar with an emphasis in physical, classical, and experimental theatre. She has been published with Routledge, Bloomsbury, Theatre Survey, Theatre Journal, IJPADM, Ecumenica, and Theatre History Studies and is a former lecturer for the University of Pennsylvania.

'GAle GAtes was among the most innovative and ambitious performance groups in New York in the closing years of the twentieth century, and it anticipated much of most interesting work in immersive and mixed media production which dominated the American avant-garde in the years which followed. A detailed production history of this influential group is much needed and Daniella Vinitski’s engaging study provides just such an introduction.' Dr. Marvin Carlson

'This in-depth record of GAle GAtes's influential and ground-breaking work is a major contribution to the field. Vinitski's writing and research is so vivid and detailed, as a reader, I felt immersed in these productions that I've never seen.' Aili Huber, co-author of Cutting Plays for Performance: A Practical and Accessible Guide (Routledge)