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Offers an introduction to modernist avant garde performance. This titles explains traditions and conventions of the modernist avant garde, reassesses theatrical techniques, and provides examples of plays and performances from across Europe and America. It also includes case studies, practical exercises at the end of each chapter.

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Acknowledgements; Manifesto for modernist performance; Introduction: Modern/modernism/modernist, (the) avant garde and performance; 1: The conventions of modernist performance; 2: Performing modernisms: expressionism, dada, surrealism and futurism; 3: Politics and performance; 4: The modernist body; 5: Total theatre and interdisciplinarity; Conclusion; Glossaries; Suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index.

Modernist and AvantGarde Performance

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 28 February 2015
      ISBN-13 9780748681556
      978-0748681556
      ISBN-10 0748681558
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      Theatre studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers an introduction to modernist avant garde performance. This titles explains traditions and conventions of the modernist avant garde, reassesses theatrical techniques, and provides examples of plays and performances from across Europe and America. It also includes case studies, practical exercises at the end of each chapter.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Manifesto for modernist performance; Introduction: Modern/modernism/modernist, (the) avant garde and performance; 1: The conventions of modernist performance; 2: Performing modernisms: expressionism, dada, surrealism and futurism; 3: Politics and performance; 4: The modernist body; 5: Total theatre and interdisciplinarity; Conclusion; Glossaries; Suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index.

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