Description
Robert Wilson is an American–European director who is also a performer, installation artist, writer, designer of light and much more besides – a crossover polymath who dissolves both generic and geographical boundaries and is a precursor of globalisation in the arts. This second edition of Robert Wilson combines:
- an analysis of his main productions, situated in their American and European socio-cultural and political contexts
- a focused, detailed study of Wilson’s pathbreaking Einstein on the Beach
- a study of Pushkin's Fairy Tales as the foremost example of his folk-rock music theatre in the twenty-first century
- an exploration of his ‘visual book’, workshop and rehearsal methods, and collaborative procedures
- a study of his aesthetic principles and the elements of composition that distinguish his directorial approach
- a series of practical exercises for students and practitioners highlighting Wilson’s technique.
As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners offer unbeatable value for today’s student.
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
- A WORKING LIFE
- METHOD, ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES
- EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
Becoming Robert Wilson
Dance plays, silent operas and words
Art and politics: the 1960s and after
Wilson after Einstein
A workshop method
Elements and principles
Itinerary and reception
Einstein on the Beach: a landmark
Structure and form
Breakdown of the work
Summing up
4. POST SCRIPTUM OF 2017: PUSHKIN’S FAIRY TALES
Style and 'camp'
Display and cultural evocation
5. PRACTICAL EXERCISES
Movement
Body imaging
Make-up
Composing a silent play
Sound and music
Working with texts
Light
A short glossary of terms
Bibliography
Index
