Performance Perspectives : a critical introduction / Jonathan Pitches;

By: Pitches, JonathanContributor(s): Pitches, Jonathan | Popat, SitaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: :Zafaa Books & Distributors | :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: xx, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9780230243460Subject(s): Art | Outline of sports, games and entertainment | Public performances | SchauspielkunstDDC classification: 791 PIT
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction / Jonathan Pitches -- Performance perspectives -- Borth Bench -- Summary -- Chapter summaries -- Activities -- Further reading -- ch. 2. Body / introduced and edited by Anna Fenemore -- Introduction -- 2.1. Any body? The multiple bodies of the performer / Victor Ramirez Ladron de Guevara -- The textual body -- The lived body -- The ecstatic (or fleshly) body -- The recessive (or visceral) body -- The unnatural body -- The imagined body -- 2.2. Some body and no body: the body of a performer / Wendy Houston -- Some body -- No body -- A somebody or a nobody -- The 'at risk' body -- The ageing body -- 2.3. Every body: performance's other bodies / Anna Fenemore -- Some bodies observed -- The spectating body -- The social body -- The uncomfortable body -- The absent body -- The transformed body -- The irreplaceable body -- Activities -- Further reading -- ch. 3. Space / introduced and edited by Scott Palmer -- Introduction -- Contents note continued: 3.1. Event-space: performance space and spatial performativity / Dorita Hannah -- Performing space -- Event-space and spatial events -- The end of illusion -- The empty space -- Disciplinary manoeuvres -- Presencing architecture -- 3.2. Scenographic space and place / Louise Ann Wilson in conversation with Scott Palmer -- 3.3. Audience space/scenographic space / Scott Palmer -- Performance space and the audience -- Performance place and scenographic space -- The empty space and the performer -- Activities -- Further reading. Ch. 4. Time / introduced and edited by Tony Gardner -- Introduction -- 4.1. Theatre, technology and time / Steve Dixon -- Postmodern time -- Extratemporality -- Freezing time -- Conclusion time -- 4.2. Ghost Dance: time and duration in the work of Lone Twin / Gregg Whelan in conversation with Tony Gardner -- 4.3. The lives and times of performance / Tony Gardner -- The unique connection between performance and time -- Antony Gormley and the Fourth Plinth -- Grasping time -- Conclusion -- Activities -- Further reading -- ch. 5. Technology / introduced and edited by Sita Popat -- Introduction -- 5.1. Gaming and performance: narrative and identity / Jessica Wood -- Computer games as drama -- Self-representation and the avatar -- Being there, doing that -- The fourth wall -- Conclusion -- 5.2. SwanQuake: House: 'messing the system up' / Sita Popat -- SwanQuake: House: A personal experience (Sita Popat) -- Interview with Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli -- 5.3. Performance and technology: the myth of disembodiment / Sita Popat -- Introduction -- Cyberspace -- 'Touching with my eyes' -- Liveness -- Is any body out there? -- Conclusion -- Activities -- Further reading. Ch. 6. Interactivity / introduced and edited by Alice O'Grady -- Introduction -- Two perspectives on interaction -- 6.1. Boalian perspectives on interactivity in theatre / John Somers -- Introduction -- The real and the fictional -- What kinds of interactivity are there? -- What does the audience contribute? -- What are the challenges for the actors? -- The need for closure and for support post-event -- Conclusion -- 6.2. Interactivity and the work of Blast Theory / Matt Adams in Conversation with Alice O'Grady -- 6.3. Interactivity: functions and risks / Alice O'Grady -- Interactivity and performance -- Interactive performance is always incomplete -- Interactivity in practice -- Spaces of interactivity -- Conclusion -- Activities -- Further reading -- ch. 7. Organization / introduced and edited by Calvin Taylor -- Introduction -- 7.1. Performance, culture, industry / Ralph Brown -- Value, assets and returns -- Communities of practice -- Conclusion -- 7.2. Organizational agility and improvisation / Teo Greenstreet -- 7.3. Performance, organization, theory / Calvin Taylor -- The machine metaphor -- Organization as organism -- Organization as network -- Activities -- Further reading -- ch. 8. Epilogue / Jonathan Pitches.
Summary: This critical introduction to Performance Studies provides undergraduates with an accessible way into terminology and context. Using a tripartite structure that combines the voices of artists, critics and teachers, it addresses a variety of practices moving through body, space, time, technology, interactivity and organization.
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Ch. 1. Introduction / Jonathan Pitches --
Performance perspectives --
Borth Bench --
Summary --
Chapter summaries --
Activities --
Further reading --
ch. 2. Body / introduced and edited by Anna Fenemore --
Introduction --
2.1. Any body? The multiple bodies of the performer / Victor Ramirez Ladron de Guevara --
The textual body --
The lived body --
The ecstatic (or fleshly) body --
The recessive (or visceral) body --
The unnatural body --
The imagined body --
2.2. Some body and no body: the body of a performer / Wendy Houston --
Some body --
No body --
A somebody or a nobody --
The 'at risk' body --
The ageing body --
2.3. Every body: performance's other bodies / Anna Fenemore --
Some bodies observed --
The spectating body --
The social body --
The uncomfortable body --
The absent body --
The transformed body --
The irreplaceable body --
Activities --
Further reading --
ch. 3. Space / introduced and edited by Scott Palmer --
Introduction --
Contents note continued: 3.1. Event-space: performance space and spatial performativity / Dorita Hannah --
Performing space --
Event-space and spatial events --
The end of illusion --
The empty space --
Disciplinary manoeuvres --
Presencing architecture --
3.2. Scenographic space and place / Louise Ann Wilson in conversation with Scott Palmer --
3.3. Audience space/scenographic space / Scott Palmer --
Performance space and the audience --
Performance place and scenographic space --
The empty space and the performer --
Activities --
Further reading. Ch. 4. Time / introduced and edited by Tony Gardner --
Introduction --
4.1. Theatre, technology and time / Steve Dixon --
Postmodern time --
Extratemporality --
Freezing time --
Conclusion time --
4.2. Ghost Dance: time and duration in the work of Lone Twin / Gregg Whelan in conversation with Tony Gardner --
4.3. The lives and times of performance / Tony Gardner --
The unique connection between performance and time --
Antony Gormley and the Fourth Plinth --
Grasping time --
Conclusion --
Activities --
Further reading --
ch. 5. Technology / introduced and edited by Sita Popat --
Introduction --
5.1. Gaming and performance: narrative and identity / Jessica Wood --
Computer games as drama --
Self-representation and the avatar --
Being there, doing that --
The fourth wall --
Conclusion --
5.2. SwanQuake: House: 'messing the system up' / Sita Popat --
SwanQuake: House: A personal experience (Sita Popat) --
Interview with Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli --
5.3. Performance and technology: the myth of disembodiment / Sita Popat --
Introduction --
Cyberspace --
'Touching with my eyes' --
Liveness --
Is any body out there? --
Conclusion --
Activities --
Further reading. Ch. 6. Interactivity / introduced and edited by Alice O'Grady --
Introduction --
Two perspectives on interaction --
6.1. Boalian perspectives on interactivity in theatre / John Somers --
Introduction --
The real and the fictional --
What kinds of interactivity are there? --
What does the audience contribute? --
What are the challenges for the actors? --
The need for closure and for support post-event --
Conclusion --
6.2. Interactivity and the work of Blast Theory / Matt Adams in Conversation with Alice O'Grady --
6.3. Interactivity: functions and risks / Alice O'Grady --
Interactivity and performance --
Interactive performance is always incomplete --
Interactivity in practice --
Spaces of interactivity --
Conclusion --
Activities --
Further reading --
ch. 7. Organization / introduced and edited by Calvin Taylor --
Introduction --
7.1. Performance, culture, industry / Ralph Brown --
Value, assets and returns --
Communities of practice --
Conclusion --
7.2. Organizational agility and improvisation / Teo Greenstreet --
7.3. Performance, organization, theory / Calvin Taylor --
The machine metaphor --
Organization as organism --
Organization as network --
Activities --
Further reading --
ch. 8. Epilogue / Jonathan Pitches.

This critical introduction to Performance Studies provides undergraduates with an accessible way into terminology and context. Using a tripartite structure that combines the voices of artists, critics and teachers, it addresses a variety of practices moving through body, space, time, technology, interactivity and organization.

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