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Record Nr.

UNINA9910686490203321

Autore

Magnat Virginie

Titolo

Grotowski, women, and contemporary performance : meetings with remarkable women / / Virginie Magnat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2013

New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-135-08170-0

0-203-06806-8

1-138-92214-5

1-135-08171-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages ) : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; ; 31

Classificazione

PER011000PER011010SOC028000

Disciplina

792.0233092

Soggetti

Women in the performing arts

Feminism and theater

Experimental theater

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Research context, interdisciplinary methodology, fieldwork objectives -- Practice: mapping out interconnections -- Towards an ecology of the body-in-life -- At the crossroads of theatre, active culture, and ritual arts -- Afterword.

Sommario/riassunto

As the first examination of women's foremost contributions to Jerzy Grotowski's cross-cultural investigation of performance, this book complements and broadens existing literature by offering a more diverse and inclusive re-assessment of Grotowski's legacy, thereby probing its significance for contemporary performance practice and research.