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Avant-garde Performance: Live Events and Electronic Technologies
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Product Description
How did the concept of the avant-garde come into existence? How did it stimulate developments in the performing arts? Written in a clear, engaging style, and supported by text boxes throughout, this volume presents some of the general characteristics of postwar avant-garde performance and gives detailed coverage to some of the most influential artists. Berghaus also explores hot topics such as multi-media and body art performances, making this text ideal for students of theatre studies and performance.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #377330 in Books
- Published on: 2005-05-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 400 pages
Editorial Reviews
Nick Kaye, University of Exeter
'An extremely valuable introduction to the history and development of avant-garde performance.'
About the Author
GÜNTER BERGHAUS is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK. He has published widely in the areas of Renaissance and Baroque theatre, popular theatre, dance history, Modernist theatre, and avant-garde performance. As a theatre practitioner he has directed numerous plays from the classical and modern repertoire and devised many productions of an experimental nature.
