Fluid stages, morphing theatre spaces, ambulant spectators, and
occasionally disappearing performers: these are some of the key
ingredients of nomadic theatre. They are also theatre's response to
life in the 21st century, which is increasingly marked by the mobility
of people, information, technologies and services. While examining how
contemporary theatre exposes and queries this mobile turn in society,
Liesbeth Groot Nibbelink introduces the concept of nomadic theatre as
a vital tool for analyzing how movement and mobility affect and
implicate the theatre, how this makes way for local operations and
lived spaces, and how physical movements are stepping stones for
theorizing mobility at large.
This book focuses on ambulatory performances and performative
installations, asking how they stage movement and in turn mobilize the
stage. By analyzing the work of leading European artists such as
Rimini Protokoll, Dries Verhoeven, Ontroerend Goed, and Signa,
_Nomadic Theatre_ demonstrates that mobile performances radically
rethink the conditions of the stage and alter our understanding of
spectatorship.
_Nomadic Theatre_ instigates connections across disciplinary fields
and feeds dramaturgical analysis with insights derived from media
theory, urban philosophy, cartography, architecture, and game studies.
It illustrates how theatre, as a material form of thought, creatively
and critically engages with mobile existence both on the stage and in
society.
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Mobilizing Theory and Practice on the European Stage
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781350051058
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter