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Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Introductions -- Reading Performance: A Physiognomy / Meiling Cheng And Gabrielle H. Cody -- Theatricality Across Genres / Gabrielle H. Cody And Meiling Cheng -- Performing The Theatrical Matrix / Meiling Cheng And Gabrielle H. Cody -- Introductory Essays Bibliography -- Pt. Ii Concepts And Paired Case Studies -- Time -- Communitas / Debra Levine -- Endurance Performance / Jennie Klein -- Marina Abramovic's Durational Opus / Cynthia Carr -- Event / Marcela A. Fuentes -- Liminality / Debra Levine -- Post-linearity / Sarah Bay-cheng -- Precariousness / Eleonora Fabião -- Wang Wei's Temporary Space / Philip Tinari -- Remains / Elise Morrison -- Reproduction / Sarah Bay-cheng -- Space -- Environmental Theatre / Gwendolyn Alker -- Marc Bamuthi Joseph's Red, Black, And Green: A Blues / Arden Thomas -- Hierarchy / Steve Luber -- Installation Art / Rachel Haidu -- The Internet / Philip Auslander -- Landscape Theatre / Amy Strahler Holzapfel -- Mise-en-scène / Kimberly Jannarone Note Continued: Prison Culture / Kathleen Ryan -- Proxemics / Gabrielle H. Cody -- Fifteen Principles Of Black Market International / Michaël La Chance -- Scenography / Matthew Smith -- Surveillance / Elise Morrison -- Performing Surveillance Camera Art / Pramod K. Nayar -- Virtual Reality / Philip Auslander -- Action -- Appropriation / Winnie Wong -- Circus / Peta Tait -- Experimental Music / Andrew J. Henkes -- Grace Notes: Meredith Monk's Songs Of Ascension / Bonnie Marranca -- Extreme Performance / Meiling Cheng -- He Yunchang's Limit Acts / Meiling Cheng -- Happenings / Mariellen Sandford -- Historicity / Jeanne Colleran -- Intervention / Lissette Olivares -- Sisters Of Survival Signal S.o.s. / Cheri Gaulke -- Mediaturgy / Bonnie Marranca -- Romeo Castellucci's Hey Girl! / Daniel Sack -- Mimicry / Jessica Applebaum -- Montage / T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko -- New Genre Public Art / Sharon Irish -- Excerpts From Prostitution Notes (1974) / Suzanne Lacy Note C
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THE THESIS
This volume investigates how the concept of theatricality functions as a critical lens for analyzing contemporary performance across diverse artistic and social mediums. Editors Gabrielle Cody and Meiling Cheng assemble a collection of scholarly essays that bridge the gap between traditional theater studies and the broader, often ephemeral, nature of contemporary performance art. By organizing the text into thematic clusters—Time, Space, and Action—the authors provide a structured framework for interpreting how performance interacts with modern technology, political surveillance, and public space.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A comprehensive taxonomy of performance concepts including liminality, proxemics, and mediaturgy.
- Paired case studies that apply theoretical frameworks to specific artists such as Marina Abramovic and Meredith Monk.
- Analysis of diverse performance environments ranging from internet art and virtual reality to prison culture and landscape theater.
- Methodological approaches for deconstructing the intersection of historical context and contemporary artistic intervention.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Scholars and students of performance studies frequently cite this work as a vital reference for its breadth and its ability to categorize complex, non-linear artistic practices. Experts highlight the text's utility in academic settings, noting that the paired case studies provide a necessary bridge between abstract theory and concrete artistic application.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2015-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0415624975
ISBN-13:
9780203103838
Theater
Art Theory
Performance art
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