Theory for Theatre Studies: Movement

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Rachel Fensham (University of Melbourne, Australia) Kim Solga (Professor of Theatre Studies, Western University, Canada)

Theory for Theatre Studies

Movement

Rachel Fensham (University of Melbourne, Australia), Kim Solga (Professor of Theatre Studies, Western University, Canada), Susan Bennett (University of Calgary, Canada)

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Methuen Drama
15 April 2021

Theatre Studies; Dance; Other performing arts

Series: Theory for Theatre Studies

How do we define movement in performance? Who or what is being moved and how? And which movements are felt, observed, or studied, in theatre?

Part of the Theory for Theatre Studies series which introduces core theoretical concepts that underpin the discipline, Movement provides the first overview of relevant critical theory for students and researchers in theatre and performance studies.

Exploring areas such as vitality, plasticity, gesture, effort and rhythm, it opens up the study of theatrical production, live art, and intercultural performance to socio-political conceptions of movement as both practice and concept. It covers movement training systems and considers how they have been utilized in key works of the 20th and 21st centuries. The final section traces the convergence of movement in theatre with other media and digital technologies.

A wide range of in-depth case studies helps to equip readers to explore new methodologies and approaches to movement as a performance concept. These include analysis of Satoshi Miyagi's production of Sophocles' Antigone (2017), Thomas Ostermeier's production of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler (2008), the Berliner Ensemble’s Mother Courage (1949), The Constant Prince (1965) performed by Ryzsard Cieslak, and the National Theatre’s production of War Horse (2007). The final section considers a suite of concepts that shape postdramatic and intermedial theatre from China, Germany-Bangladesh, Australia, the United States, and United Kingdom. The volume is supported by further online resources including video material, questions, and exercises.

By: Rachel Fensham (University of Melbourne Australia)
Series edited by: Kim Solga (Professor of Theatre Studies Western University Canada), Susan Bennett (University of Calgary, Canada)
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 331g
ISBN: 9781350026377
ISBN 10: 1350026379
Series: Theory for Theatre Studies
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 April 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel Fensham is Director of the Digital Studio at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she is Professor of Theatre and Dance. Her key publications include To Watch Theatre: Essays in Genre and Corporeality (2009); and Dancing Naturally: Nature, Neo-Classicism and Modernity in Early Twentieth Century Dance (2011).

Reviews for Theory for Theatre Studies: Movement

This book convincingly demonstrates why a focus on the kinaesthetics of theatre-and theatrical embodiment more generally-is as important as the study of dramatic writing, acting, and scenography. The author writes with considerable erudition about the topic, but in a way that is almost always immediately accessible. -- Peter Dickinson, Simon Fraser University, Canada