This book is the first study of the prolific German filmmaker, performance artist, and TV host Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010) that identifies him as a practitioner of realism in the theater and lays out how theatrical realism can offer an aesthetic frame sturdy enough to hold together his experiments across media and genres.
This volume traces Schlingensief’s developing realism through his theater work in conventional theater venues, in less conventional venues, his opera work focusing on the production of Wagner’s Parsifal at Bayreuth, and his art installations on revolving platforms called Animatographs.
This book will be of great interest to scholars of theater, film, and performance art and practitioners.
By:
Ilinca Todorut Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 290g ISBN:9781032189987 ISBN 10: 1032189983 Series:Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies Pages: 186 Publication Date:29 January 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Schlingensief and Realism; 2. Rosebud: Realist (Anti)Drama; 3. Freakstars: Realist (Non)Acting; 4. Hamlet: There’s Something Rotten; 5. Please Love Austria: Realist (In)Efficiency; 6. Parsifal: The German Revolution; 7.The Animatograph: Realist Scenography; 8. Epilogue: It Takes an Opera Village; Bibliography; Index
Ilinca Todorut is IB Theatre Arts Teacher at the United World College in Changshu, China.