Full Description
A far-reaching and engaging overview of the role of narrative in dance and theatre performance, bringing together chapters written by an international range of scholars and subsequently creating a critical dialogue for approaching this fundamental topic within performance studies. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples of a variety of different performance genres, the book will provide a method for exploring the context of a particular form or artist and enhance students' ability to critically reflect on performance.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction (B.Sellers-Young & J.R.McCutcheon)
PART I: PERFORMING NARRATIVE IDENTITY IN CULTURE
2. The Zar: Enactment of Social Drama in the Southern Sudan (B.Sellers-Young)
3. Maranga Mai (J.Greenwood)
4. Her-stories in Indonesian Dance Drama (K.Foley)
5.Decolonizing Techno-Art (P.Pilar)
PART II: POPULARIZING PERFORMANCE
6. Steps in Time: The Evolving Role of Dance in the Broadway Musical (M.J.Lodge)
7. The Multiple Narratives of Cirque du Soleil (K. Lavers & L.P.Leroux)
8. Personal Agency and Community Empowerment: Moth Style Engagement (J.Halebsky)
9. Narrating and Negotiating Identity in World of Warcraft (J.Osborn)
PART III: ROCKING THE BOAT: REVOLUTIONARY INTEGRATIONS
10. Ellen Lauren: The Art of Extreme Acting, An Interview (S.T.Cummings)
11. People Like Us: Revolutions in Australian Theatre (J-A.Long)
12. Jacques Lecoq: This Theatre Called My Body (N.Pascetta)
13. Pina Bausch: Narrative, Gender, Reception (J.R.McCutcheon)
14. Narrative Pivots: Text and Movement in Crystal Pite's Dance-Theatre (P.Dickinson)
15. Narrative Futures: Community, Technology and Globalization (B.Sellers-Young & J.R.McCutcheon).
