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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781562003321

Autore

Gomez-Peña Guillermo

Titolo

Exercises for rebel artists : radical performance pedagogy / / Guillermo Gomez-Peña and Roberto Sifuentes ; consultant editor, Rachel Rogers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-35371-7

9786613353719

0-203-83042-3

1-136-82223-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)

Collana

Drama and theater studies

Altri autori (Persone)

RogersRachel

SifuentesRoberto <1967->

Disciplina

702.8/1

Soggetti

Performance art - Study and teaching

Artists - Training of - Activity programs

Cross-cultural orientation - Activity programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : performance as radical pedagogy : a brief history of the 'Pocha method' / Guillermo Gomez-Peña -- Aims and motivations of a Pocha Nostra performance workshop -- Notes to producers and workshop facilitators : useful suggestions for preparing a performance workshop inspired by La Pocha Nostra -- Identifying and preparing the space -- Important notes to workshop participants -- Words to try to avoid when conducting a workshop -- Performance exercises, rituals, and games to cross borders -- Syllabus for performance workshops -- Humble advice for emerging performance artists -- In a permanent process of reinvention (a conversation) -- Letter from Oaxaca : performing in the flames / Guillermo Gomez-Peña -- Mapping territories of inquiry : poetic/performance texts generated by workshop participants.