Description
Book SynopsisGathers the voices of unique artists from the worlds of theatre, music and performance to discuss process and the making of interdisciplinary work.
Table of ContentsList of illustrations
Acknowledgements
The dynamics of fractals: Legacies for a new tomorrow – Caridad Svich
Intersection, crossover and convergence: Fluidity in contemporary arts – Michael Cerveris
CROSSING MEDIA
Witness and witnessed – Rinde Eckert in conversation with Caridad Svich
Chasing ruins – Tim Etchells in conversation with Caridad Svich
A singular vision of hope – Richard Foreman in conversation with Caridad Svich
A synesthetic response – Peter Gabriel in conversation with Caridad Svich
A natural force – John Jesurun in conversation with Caridad Svich
Between technology and emotion – Mikel Rouse in conversation with Caridad Svich
Weaving the ‘live’ and mediated – Marianne Weems in conversation with Caridad Svich
Inside and outside of the academy – Maury Yeston in conversation with Michael Cerveris
CROSSING CULTURE
Towards translocalism: Latino theatre in the new United States – Ricardo Bracho and Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas in conversation with Jose Esteban Muñoz
Honouring mystery – Migdalia Cruz in conversation with Caridad Svich
Light in the midst of darkness – Dah Teatar's Dijana Milosevic and Kathy Randels in conversation with Lisa D'Amour
Navigating the minefields of utopia – Guillermo Gomez Peña and Lisa Wolford in dialogue
An advocate for change – Tanika Gupta in conversation with Caridad Svich
Communing with culture – Chiori Miyagawa in conversation with Caridad Svich
CROSSING LANGUAGE
The landscape remembers you – Hilary Bell from an interview with Naomi Wallace
Light, memory and other questions – A correspondence between Jim Clayburgh and Matthew Maguire
Evanescent truth – Erik Ehn in conversation with Caridad Svich
Reshaping myth – Joanna Laurens in conversation with Caridad Svich
In search of a common language – Susan Yankowitz in conversation with Caridad Svich
CROSSING BODIES
Strange behavio[u]r, Jr – Stephen J. Bottoms and Julie Laffin in conversation
A sense of place – Peter DuBois in conversation with Caridad Svich
Working in partnership – David Greig in conversation with Isabel Wright
Dreaming out loud – Phelim McDermott in conversation with Caridad Svich
A fixer between living and dead artists – Nick Philippou in conversation with Caridad Svich
Hidden worlds: On artists and collaborators – Peter Sellars in conversation with Maria Delgado
Active sound – Darron L. West in conversation with Caridad Svich
AFTERWORD
Contemporary dramatic writings and the new technologies – Patrice Pavis, translated by Joel Anderson
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
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