Author Description

This Book Accesses, Often For The First Time, The Company's Rehearsal Methods And Source Materials, As Well As The Creative Thinking And Reflections Of Director Elizabeth Lecompte And Her Main Artistic Collaborators. This New Volume Gathers Together An Astonishing Range Of Archival Material To Produce A Vivid And Personal Account Of How The Company Makes Its Work.--jacket. Frank Dell's The Temptation Of St. Antony -- Making Shadows On The Sands: Frank Dell's The Temptation Of St. Antony: An Interview With Elizabeth Lecompte And Kate Valk -- Brace Up! -- Rehearsing Goodbyes In Brace Up! And Fish Story: An Interview With Elizabeth Lecompte -- Fish Story -- On Listening To Rooms: An Interview With Kate Valk -- House/lights -- Neither Behind, Nor Ahead: Animating House/lights: An Interview With Elizabeth Lecompte And Kate Valk -- To You, The Birdie! (phèdre) -- Taking It Off Center: Perspectives On To You, The Birdie! (phèdre): An Interview With Elizabeth Lecompte -- There For The Taking: An Interview With Elizabeth Lecompte -- Conclusion: Only Pragmatics? [edited By] Andrew Quick; With Photographs By Paula Court And Mary Gearhart. Arts & Humanities Research Council. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 276) And Index.