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Contemporary French Theatre and Performance C. Finburgh

Contemporary French Theatre and Performance By C. Finburgh

Contemporary French Theatre and Performance by C. Finburgh

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This is the first book to explore the relationship between experimental theatre and performance making in France. Reflecting the recent return to aesthetics and politics in French theory, it focuses on how a variety of theatre and performance practitioners use their art work to contest reality as it is currently configured in France.

Contemporary French Theatre and Performance Summary

Contemporary French Theatre and Performance by C. Finburgh

This is the first book to explore the relationship between experimental theatre and performance making in France. Reflecting the recent return to aesthetics and politics in French theory, it focuses on how a variety of theatre and performance practitioners use their art work to contest reality as it is currently configured in France.

Contemporary French Theatre and Performance Reviews

'The collection is an excellent guide for readers who want to get to grips with the complexity and mixity of genres, processes and environments involved in contemporary French theatre.'

- David Whitton, Emeritus Professor, Department of European Languages and Cultures, Lancaster University, UK

'Finburgh and Lavery state their twofold purpose: to examine recent experimental theater and performance in France and to consider the political and aesthetic ramifications surrounding those practices...Of particular interest is Celine Hersant's analysis of the landscaped narratives of Minyana and Renaude. Jean-Pierre Han offers intriguing insights on the interface between the economy and developments in theater. Susan Haedicke conveys a vivid impression of street theater...Summing Up: Recommended. - CHOICE

About C. Finburgh

ELAINE ASTON Professor of Contemporary Performance, Lancaster University, UK DAVID BRADBY Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK ROBERT CANTARELLA independent scholar, France AUGUSTO CORRIERI independent scholar, UK MICHEL CORVIN Emeritus Professor of Theatre Studies, Universite Paris-III Sorbonne nouvelle, France LAURA CULL Lecturer in Performing Arts, Northumbria University, UK BOJANA CVEJIC Lecturer in Contemporary Dance and Performance in the Department for Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands CHLOE DECHERY independent scholar, France SUSAN HAEDICKE Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Performance, and Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick, UK BERENICE HAMIDI-KIM Lecturer, Universite de Lyon 2, France GERALDINE HARRIS Professor in Theatre Studies, Lancaster University, UK CELINE HERSANT Lecturer, Universite Paris-III Sorbonne nouvelle, France JEAN-PIERRE HAN Director of the Syndicat Professionnel de la Critique, France NIGEL STEWARY Senior Lecturer in the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, UK ERIC VAUTRIN Maitre de Conferences, Universite de Caen, Basse-Normandie, France

Table of Contents

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction; C.Finburgh & C.Lavery PART I: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH THEATRE From Mise en Scene of Texte to Performance of 'Textual Material'; D.Bradby The Spirit of a Place: Place in Contemporary French Performance; M.Corvin The Landscaped Narratives of Philippe Minyana and Noelle; C.Hersant The Politics of Dramaturgy in France; C.Finburgh An Unlikely Scene: French Theatre in the New Liberal Economy; J-P.Han The Construction and Production of Performance; R.Cantarella Performing Presence, Affirming Difference: Deleuze and the Minor Theatres of Georges Lavaudant and Carmelo Bene; L.Cull Theatre du Grabuge: Ethics, Politics and Community; B.Hamidi Amateurism and the 'DIY' Aesthetic: Grand Magasin and Philippe Quesne; C.Dechery PART II: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH PERFORMANCE From Orlan to Bernhardt: Recycling French Feminism, Theatre and Performance; E.Aston Performance and Poetry: Crossed Destinies; E.Vautrin Breaking Down the Walls: Interventionist Performance Strategies in French Street Theatre; S.Haedicke Montage and Detournement in Contemporary Moving Image Performance; C.Lavery Xavier Le Roy: The Dissenting Choreography of One Frenchman Less; B.Cvejic A Theological Turn? French Postmodern Dance and Herman Diephuis' D'Apres J C ; N.Stewart How to Collaborate With Someone you may Never Meet; A.Corrieri Apres Toutes Ces Elles/After All This Else: 'New' French Feminisms Translated to the British Scene; G.Harris Index

Additional information

NLS9781349368501
9781349368501
1349368504
Contemporary French Theatre and Performance by C. Finburgh
C. Finburgh
Performance Interventions
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2011-01-01
244
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