Campbell Patrick - A Poetics Of Third Theatre Performer Training Dramaturgy Cultural Action - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A Poetics of Third Theatre offers an in - depth critical analysis of Third Theatre a transnational community of theatre groups and artists united by a shared set of values and a laboratory attitude. This book takes a genealogical account of Third Theatre as a concept and a practice that draws attention to the historical Third Theatre Encounters that have taken place across Europe and Latin America since the 1970s. The work of renowned Third Theatre groups and organisations such as LUME (Brazil) Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani (Peru) Triangle Theatre (UK) and Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium NTL (Denmark) are explored to reveal how a multifarious poetics of Third Theatre is manifest through these artists approaches to performer training dramaturgy and cultural action. Three critical pillars unconditional hospitality artisanal craft and (re)enchantment are employed in order to illuminate the shared ethos of the Third Theatre community and its exemplification as a mode of cultural performance. This informative text will be of great use to students and scholars of drama and theatre studies and its dedicated section on performer training exercises offers the reader pathways into an experiential engagement with Third Theatre craft.
Title: A Poetics Of Third Theatre Performer Training Dramaturgy Cultural Action
Author(s): Campbell Patrick
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367740252
Pages: 210 Pages, 7 Halftones, Black And White; 7 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 5/17/2021
Series: Perspectives on Performer Training
Category: Acting Techniques