Beschreibung:
This practical, accessible and far-reaching guide to making site-specific theatre and performance emphasises the diversity of approaches to the practice, and explores key principles of space and site. Phil Smith draws on a wide range of interdisciplinary and international performance examples, and uses an innovative variety of exercises, to show students and aspiring performance-makers how to find a site and generate a performance beyond the theatre building.
List of IllustrationsArriving: a fluid sort of prologuePart I: Finding a site1.Why make SiteSpecific Performance?2.Drifting and quest: in search of sites3.Journey performances4.What is a site?Part II: Generating Performance5.Visiting your site6.Site Aesthetics7.Personae, presences, charactersPart III: Shaping A Production8.Dramaturgy9. Scenographies and Enchanted Objects 10. Communities, Audiences and Immersion 11. Technology 12.Site EtiquetteBibliography