Performance in the Twenty-First Century by Andy Lavender

Performance in the Twenty-First Century by Andy Lavender

Performance in the Twenty-First Century: Theatres of Engagement addresses the reshaping of theatre and performance after postmodernism. Andy Lavender argues provocatively that after the ‘classic’ postmodern tropes of detachment, irony, and contingency, performance in the twenty-first century engages more overtly with meaning, politics and society. It involves a newly pronounced form of personal experience, often implicating the body and/or one’s sense of self. This volume examines a range of performance events, including work by both emergent and internationally significant companies and artists such as Rimini Protokoll, Blast Theory, dreamthinkspeak, Zecora Ura, Punchdrunk, Ontroerend Goed, Kris Verdonck, Dries Verhoeven, Rabih Mroué, Derren Brown and David Blaine. It also considers a wider range of cultural phenomena such as online social networking, sports events, installations, games-based work and theme parks, where principles of performance are in play. Performance in the Twenty-First Century is a compelling and provocative resource for anybody interested in discovering how performance theory can be applied to cutting-edge culture, and indeed the world around them.

Andy Lavender is a Professor of Theatre and Performance and Head of the School of Arts at the University of Surrey.

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ISBN 13	9780415592352
ISBN 10	0415592356
Title	Performance in the Twenty-First Century
Author	Andy Lavender
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2016-05-31
Number of pages	236
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