Theatre is at its best when it is disobedient, when it argues back to society. But what enables it to achieve this impact? What makes it a force to be reckoned with? What are the principles and the tools of the trade that shape it to be effective, powerful and resonant? Drawing …
Theatre is at its best when it is disobedient, when it argues back to society. But what enables it to achieve this impact? What makes it a force to be reckoned with? What are the principles and the tools of the trade that shape it to be effective, powerful and resonant? Drawing …
The improvisation studies reader: spontaneous acts
The improvisation studies reader: spontaneous acts
The improvisation studies reader: spontaneous acts
Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it has coalesced into an exciting and innovative new field of interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry, becoming a cornerstone of both practic…
The improvisation studies reader: spontaneous acts
Improvization is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it has coalesced into an exciting and innovative new field of interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry, becoming a cornerstone of both practic…
1. Memory and imagination in impromptu performance -- 2. The pragmatics of derision in Commedia dell'Arte -- 3. Semiotics of the improvised performance text -- 4. Quidquid in Buccam Venit: the syntax of stage improvisation -- 5. The biomechanical base of improvisation -- 6. The …
1. Memory and imagination in impromptu performance -- 2. The pragmatics of derision in Commedia dell'Arte -- 3. Semiotics of the improvised performance text -- 4. Quidquid in Buccam Venit: the syntax of stage improvisation -- 5. The biomechanical base of improvisation -- 6. The …