The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-ranging
perspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluating the theoretical, historical,
and theatrical significance of performance that embraces the agency of inanimate objects.
This book proposes a collaborative, responsive model for broader artistic engagement in and
with the material world. Its 28 chapters aim to advance the study of the puppet not only as a
theatrical object but also as a vibrant artistic and scholarly discipline.
This Companion looks at puppetry and material performance from six perspectives: theoretical
approaches to the puppet, perspectives from practitioners, revisiting history, negotiating tradition,
material performances in contemporary theatre, and hybrid forms. Its wide range of topics, which
span 15 countries over five continents, encompasses:
visual dramaturgy
theatrical juxtapositions of robots and humans
contemporary transformations of Indonesian wayang kulit
Japanese ritual body substitutes
recent European productions featuring toys, clay, and food.
The book features newly commissioned essays by leading scholars such as Matthew Isaac
Cohen, Kathy Foley, Jane Marie Law, Eleanor Margolies, Cody Poulton, and Jane Taylor.
It also celebrates the vital link between puppetry as a discipline and as a creative practice
with chapters by active practitioners, including Handspring Puppet Company's Basil Jones,
Redmoon's Jim Lasko, and Bread and Puppet's Peter Schumann. Fully illustrated with more
than 60 images, this volume comprises the most expansive English-language collection of
international puppetry scholarship to date.
| ISBN: | 9781138913837 |
| Publication date: | 22nd May 2015 |
| Author: | Dassia N Posner, Claudia Orenstein, John Bell |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 376 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Companions |
| Genres: |
Performance art Theatre direction and production Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration |
The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-ranging
perspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluating the theoretical, historical,
and theatrical significance of performance that embraces the agency of inanimate objects.
This book proposes a collaborative, responsive model for broader artistic engagement in and
with the material world. Its 28 chapters aim to advance the study of the puppet not only as a
theatrical object but also as a vibrant artistic and scholarly discipline.
This Companion looks at puppetry and material performance from six perspectives: theoretical
approaches to the puppet, perspectives from practitioners, revisiting history, negotiating tradition,
material performances in contemporary theatre, and hybrid forms. Its wide range of topics, which
span 15 countries over five continents, encompasses:
visual dramaturgy
theatrical juxtapositions of robots and humans
contemporary transformations of Indonesian wayang kulit
Japanese ritual body substitutes
recent European productions featuring toys, clay, and food.
The book features newly commissioned essays by leading scholars such as Matthew Isaac
Cohen, Kathy Foley, Jane Marie Law, Eleanor Margolies, Cody Poulton, and Jane Taylor.
It also celebrates the vital link between puppetry as a discipline and as a creative practice
with chapters by active practitioners, including Handspring Puppet Company's Basil Jones,
Redmoon's Jim Lasko, and Bread and Puppet's Peter Schumann. Fully illustrated with more
than 60 images, this volume comprises the most expansive English-language collection of
international puppetry scholarship to date.
The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance features in the following genres: Performance art, Theatre direction and production, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration
The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance was written by Dassia N Posner, Claudia Orenstein, John Bell and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance has 376 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Companions series
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