Full Description
This is the first book to explore the relationship between experimental theatre and performance making in France. Reflecting the recent return to aesthetics and politics in French theory, it focuses on how a variety of theatre and performance practitioners use their art work to contest reality as it is currently configured in France.
Contents
List of illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction; C.Finburgh & C.Lavery PART I: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH THEATRE From Mise en Scène of Texte to Performance of 'Textual Material'; D.Bradby The Spirit of a Place: Place in Contemporary French Performance; M.Corvin The Landscaped Narratives of Philippe Minyana and Noëlle; C.Hersant The Politics of Dramaturgy in France; C.Finburgh An Unlikely Scene: French Theatre in the New Liberal Economy; J-P.Han The Construction and Production of Performance; R.Cantarella Performing Presence, Affirming Difference: Deleuze and the Minor Theatres of Georges Lavaudant and Carmelo Bene; L.Cull Théatre du Grabuge: Ethics, Politics and Community; B.Hamidi Amateurism and the 'DIY' Aesthetic: Grand Magasin and Philippe Quesne; C.Déchery PART II: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH PERFORMANCE From Orlan to Bernhardt: Recycling French Feminism, Theatre and Performance; E.Aston Performance and Poetry: Crossed Destinies; É.Vautrin Breaking Down the Walls: Interventionist Performance Strategies in French Street Theatre; S.Haedicke Montage and Détournement in Contemporary Moving Image Performance; C.Lavery Xavier Le Roy: The Dissenting Choreography of One Frenchman Less; B.Cvejic A Theological Turn? French Postmodern Dance and Herman Diephuis' D'Après J C ; N.Stewart How to Collaborate With Someone you may Never Meet; A.Corrieri Après Toutes Ces Elles/After All This Else: 'New' French Feminisms Translated to the British Scene; G.Harris Index
