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Contemporary French theatre and performance
Title
Contemporary French theatre and performance / edited by Clare Finburgh and Carl Lavery.
ISBN
9780230580510 (hardback)
0230580513 (hardback)
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description
xv, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"This book is supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of the Burgess programme run by the Cultural Department of the French Embassy in London"--T.p.
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 23, 2011
Series
Performance interventions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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
Theatre du Grabuge: Ethics, Politics and Community; B.Hamidi
Amateurism and the 'DIY' Aesthetic: Grand Magasin and Philippe Quesne; C.Dechery
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 Detournement 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.
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