Devised Theaters Collaborative Performance by Telory D Arendell - 9780367644376

Taylor & Francis

Devised Theaters Collaborative PerformanceMaking Masterpieces from Collective Concepts\nAuthor(s): Telory D Arendell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367644376, 978-0367644376\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a fascinating and concise history of devised theatre practice. \n\nAs both a founding member of Philadelphias Pig Iron Theater Company and a Professor, Telory Arendell begins this journey with a brief history of Joan Littlewoods Theatre Workshop and Living Newspapers through Brechts Berliner Ensemble and Joe Chaikins Open Theatre to the racially inflected commentary of Luis Valdezs Teatro Campesino and Ariane Mnouchkines collaboration with Thtre de Soleil. This book explores the impact of devised theatre on social practice and analyzes Goat Islands use of Pina Bauschs gestural movement, Augusto Boals Theatre of the Oppressed in Giving Voice, Anna Deavere Smiths devised envelope for Verbatim Theatre, The Tectoni.