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Book SynopsisAnn M. Shanahan is Chair of the Department of Theatre at Purdue University, USA. Her research interests and teaching specialties include directing, gender and theatrical space, and theatre and social change. Professor Shanahan served as dramaturg for the national touring production of
Angels in America, Parts I and II (dir. Michael Meyer),
Third (dir. Sarah Gabel) and
The Mistress Cycle (dir. Kurt Johns) at Appletree Theatre, among others.
Table of ContentsList of Figures Series Introduction,
James Peck (Muhlenberg College, USA) Acknowledgments Introduction: Theatres of Perception,
Ann M. Shanahan (Purdue University, USA) Meredith Monk 1. Meredith Monk: Five Decades of Embodied Innovation,
Nancy Putnam Smithner (New York University, USA) 2. The Theatre of Meredith Monk: Embodying Wholeness by Working Between the Cracks,
Ann M. Shanahan (Purdue University, USA) Richard Foreman 3. Make 'em dance: The Directorial Strategy of Richard Foreman,
Neal Swettenham (Independent Scholar, UK) 4. "What a Time It Was": Richard Foreman and the Heyday of the East Village Avant-Garde,
David Callaghan (University of Montevallo, USA) Robert Wilson 5. Robert Wilson's Sonosphere,
Maria Shevtsova (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) 6. Standing at the Threshold: Robert Wilson as a Designer-Director,
Ewa Kara (Independent Scholar, USA) Notes on Contributors Index
