Theory for Theatre Studies: Movement (Hardcover)

Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Movement of vital beings: Aristotle Movement as bodily technique: Marcel Mauss Rhythmic movement: Henri Lefebvre and Pina Bausch This book Section One: Movement as History Movement of the chorus: Ancient Greek theatre Movement of 'the Flower': Noh aesthetics Case Study #1: Satoshi Miyagi's Antigone (2017) Gestural movement: Roman rhetoric Case Study #2: I Am My Own Wife (2003) Movement as style: The Natyasastra Case Study #3: Zero Degrees (2005) Processional movement Hostility to movement: the anti-theatrical prejudice Renaissance movement: from the vernacular to the cosmos Case Study #4: The Tempest (1611, 2016) Movement of the automaton Case Study #5: War Horse (2007) Conclusion Section Two: Movement Systems and Embodied Action Holistic Systems: Craig, Delsarte and Dalcroze Case Study #1: Operation Orfeo (1993) Movement vitality: phenomenology Movement plasticity: Stanislavski and Ibsen Case Study #2: Hedda Gabler (2005) Movement mechanics: Meyerhold Case Study #3, part a: The Constant Prince (1915) Movement dynamics: Laban Movement arrangement: Brecht Case Study #4: Mother Courage (1949, 2006) Movement somatics: Grotowski Case Study #3, part b: The Constant Prince (1965) Movement assemblage: Butoh Case Study #5: About Kazuo Ohno (2016) Movement sociology: crowds Case Study #6: Audience (2011) Conclusion Section Three: Movement for Contemporary Theatre Speed: Martin Crimp, Attempts on Her Life (1997, 2007) Slowness: Marina Abramovic, The Artist is Present (2010) Animation: Nakkiah Lui, Blackie Blackie Brown (2018) Force: GrassStage, World Factory (2014), Helena Waldman, Made in Bangladesh (2015), Metis, World Factory (2016) Conclusion NOTES REFERENCES