Books: Parallel Slalom A Lexicon Of Non-Aligned Poetics
PARALLEL SLALOM A LEXICON OF NON-ALIGNED POETICS The price of the book is 20€. editors Bojana Cvejić, Goran Sergej Pristaš publishers TkH/CDU, Belgrade-Zagreb, 2013 It can be ordered at Centar za dramsku umjetnost,…
Books: William Forsythe and the Practice of Choreography by Spier Stephen (EDT)
<iframe src=”http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=contempoperfo-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0415978238″ style=”width:120px;height:240px;” scrolling=”no” marginwidth=”5″ marginheight=”5″ frameborder=”0″ align=”left”></iframe>William Forsythe’s reinvigoration of classical ballet during his 20-year tenure at the Ballett Frankfurt saw him lauded as one of the greatest choreographers of the postwar…
Books: Notes on Conceptualisms by Robert Fitterman and Vanessa Place
Robert Fitterman and Vanessa Place‘s Notes on Conceptualisms is not strictly a text on contemporary performance. However, this little manual/poem/theoretical document pertains directly to conceptual performance and conversations emerging across performance fields, especially…
Books: Art of Projection (Stan Douglas & Christopher Eamons)
Art of Projection [amazonify]3775723706[/amazonify] Ten essays, written by leading art historians and critics, including Stan Douglas, Mieke Bal and Beatriz Colomina, address precedents for the projection of images in space, including nineteenth-century magic…
Books: Art Power by Boris Groys
Art has its own power in the world, and is as much a force in the power play of global politics today as it once was in the arena of cold war politics….
Books: Conversations with Anne Bogart
From one remarkable mind to another, Conversations with Anne documents the series of intimate interviews that theater director Anne Bogart has conducted—before live audiences—with major artists and cultural thinkers at her West Side studio over…
Books: A Choreographer’s Handbook
We were at Tanz im August Festival in Berlin last week and attended a panel on Dance and Choreography books. A Choreographer’s Handbook was one of the books discussed and we thought we…
Books: The Artist’s Body
An Intriguing and Diverse Survey of Some of the Most Important Artists of the Century; New Affordable Format. [amazonify]0714847011[/amazonify]As part of its critically-acclaimed “Themes and Movements” series, THE ARTIST’S BODY is a compelling…
Books: Devising Performance: A Critical History (Theatre and Performance Practices)
The book charts the development of collaboratively-created performances from the 1950s to the present day. Companies discussed include the Living Theatre, Open Theatre, Australian Performing Group, People Show, Teatro Campesino, Théâtre de Complicité,…
Books: Psychophysical Acting
Psychophysical Acting is a direct address to the demands of contemporary theatre on today’s actor. Drawing on over thirty years of intercultural experience, Phillip Zarrilli aims to equip actors with practical and conceptual…
Books: Staging the Screen – The Use of Film and Video in Theatre
The use of film and video is commonplace in contemporary theatre, viewed by some as contaminating theatre’s ‘liveness’, by others as inevitable and desirable. After tracing the history of current approaches back to…
Books: Move. Choreographing You: Art and Dance Since the 1960s
Move. Choreographing You explores the interaction between visual art and dance since the 1960s. This beautifully illustrated book, published in connection with a major exhibition, focuses on visual artists and choreographers who create…
