The Potentials of Spaces interrogates the relationship between scenography and performance in contemporary dramatic activities. The book provides an illuminating platform for discussion concerning the interrelations between theatrical movement and gesture in physical space. In exploring territories of performance, the author equally combines theoretical research with details of dramatic methods and performances, thus providing a valuable insight into working practices. Avant-garde and experimental approaches towards sensory, spatial and visual aspects of the stage are described and explored. Through a discussion regarding the performance possibilities viable through technological development and new media in recent years, the book aims to challenge tradition and inspire new creative directions upon the stage. The book breaks new ground on dramatic and spatial awareness within the tropics of theatre. An essential text for those interested in, or studying, theatrical practice and scenography.
Author(s): Alison Oddey, Christine White
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 188
Front Cover......Page 1
Preliminary Pages......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Introduction: The Potentials of Spaces......Page 12
Part I: Different Beginnings......Page 24
Directors and Designers: Is There a Different Direction?......Page 26
Different Directions: The Potentials of Autobiographical Space......Page 34
Collaborative Explorations: Reformulating the Boundaries of Scenographic Practice......Page 52
Flatness and Depth: Reflections......Page 62
Part II: Performance Potentials......Page 68
Digital Dreams: Sleep Deprivation Chamber......Page 70
Re-Designing the Human: Motion Capture and Performance Potentials......Page 86
Smart Laboratories: New Media......Page 94
A Place to Play: Experimentation and Interactions Between Technology and Performance......Page 106
Part III: Aesthetic Visions......Page 120
Scenographic Avant-Gardes: Artistic Partnerships in Canada......Page 122
Codes and Overloads: The Scenography of Richard Foreman......Page 136
Spatial Practices: The Wooster Group's Rhode Island Trilogy......Page 144
Physicality and Virtuality: Memory, Space and Actor on the Mediated Stage......Page 158
Selected Bibliography......Page 174
Biographies of Authors......Page 178
Index......Page 184
Back Cover......Page 190
