The Potentials of Spaces: The Theory and Practice of Scenography and Performance (Intellect Books - European Communication Research and Educat)

The Potentials of Spaces interrogates the relationship between scenography and performance in contemporary dramatic activities. The book provides an illuminating platform for discussion concerning the interrelations between theatrical movement and gesture in physical space. In exploring territories of performance, the author equally combines theoretical research with details of dramatic methods and performances, thus providing a valuable insight into working practices. Avant-garde and experimental approaches towards sensory, spatial and visual aspects of the stage are described and explored. Through a discussion regarding the performance possibilities viable through technological development and new media in recent years, the book aims to challenge tradition and inspire new creative directions upon the stage. The book breaks new ground on dramatic and spatial awareness within the tropics of theatre. An essential text for those interested in, or studying, theatrical practice and scenography. Front Cover......Page 1 Preliminary Pages......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Introduction: The Potentials of Spaces......Page 12 Part I: Different Beginnings......Page 24 Directors and Designers: Is There a Different Direction?......Page 26 Different Directions: The Potentials of Autobiographical Space......Page 34 Collaborative Explorations: Reformulating the Boundaries of Scenographic Practice......Page 52 Flatness and Depth: Reflections......Page 62 Part II: Performance Potentials......Page 68 Digital Dreams: Sleep Deprivation Chamber......Page 70 Re-Designing the Human: Motion Capture and Performance Potentials......Page 86 Smart Laboratories: New Media......Page 94 A Place to Play: Experimentation and Interactions Between Technology and Performance......Page 106 Part III: Aesthetic Visions......Page 120 Scenographic Avant-Gardes: Artistic Partnerships in Canada......Page 122 Codes and Overloads: The Scenography of Richard Foreman......Page 136 Spatial Practices: The Wooster Group's Rhode Island Trilogy......Page 144 Physicality and Virtuality: Memory, Space and Actor on the Mediated Stage......Page 158 Selected Bibliography......Page 174 Biographies of Authors......Page 178 Index......Page 184 Back Cover......Page 190 This book will be used by students of directing, acting, design, theatre studies, performance and dance studies, installation art and visual design for performative forms. The breadth of international work covered in these essays is exciting and informative. A classic text on the burgeoning fields of scenography and performance and multimedia technologies. This book covers scenography and performance in opera, theatre, live art and site specific works. It looks at the movements of theatre making and the development of experimental processes for the theatre and creative arts. The essential questions that this exciting book addresses are: What are the creative partnerships for performance making? What kinds of spaces are used? What are the potentials of technologies for performance? How do practitioners write and rehearse performance? This book is the first of its kind that addresses the relationships between scenography and performance as a part of the visual culture, by developing the discourse between academics and practitioners

the Potentials Of Spaces Interrogates The Relationship Between Scenography And Performance In Contemporary Dramatic Activities. The Book Provides An Illuminating Platform For Discussion Concerning The Interrelations Between Theatrical Movement And Gesture In Physical Space. In Exploring Territories Of Performance, The Author Equally Combines Theoretical Research With Details Of Dramatic Methods And Performances, Thus Providing A Valuable Insight Into Working Practices. Avant-garde And Experimental Approaches Towards Sensory, Spatial And Visual Aspects Of The Stage Are Described And Explored.

through A Discussion Regarding The Performance Possibilities Viable Through Technological Development And New Media In Recent Years, The Book Aims To Challenge Tradition And Inspire New Creative Directions Upon The Stage. The Book Breaks New Ground On Dramatic And Spatial Awareness Within The Tropics Of Theatre. An Essential Text For Those Interested In, Or Studying, Theatrical Practice And Scenography.

The book interrogates notions of distance, interval, time and space explorations in scenography and performance which are concerned to encompass the creative, historical, performing, interdisciplinary, writing, architectural, and senses of presence in space. Space becomes practice; scenography becomes performance; memory and biography as the written space, which becomes spectatorship as experiential space. The authors look at the sensory anomalies which are a part of performance and which emanate from visual presentations This book interrogates the relationship between scenography and performance in contemporary dramatic activities. The author combines theoretical research with details of dramatic methods and performances, thus providing valuable insight into working practices. The book aims to challenge tradition and inspire new creative directions upon the stage. This text provides coverage of scenography & performance in opera, theatre, live art & site-specific works. It is aimed at students of directing, acting, design, installation art & visual design for performative forms. It looks at the movements of theatre making & the development of experimental processes for the theatre & creative arts