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Lightwork : Texts on and from Collaborative Multimedia Theatre.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Issn SeriesPublisher: Bristol : Intellect, Limited, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (332 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781789385021
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: LightworkDDC classification:
  • 808.82
LOC classification:
  • N7433.92 .L544 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Lightwork: Texts on and from Collaborative Multimedia Theatre -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Preface: On This Book (and How to Read It) -- Note on Performing Rights -- Thanks -- PART 1 STARTING POINTS -- 1 On Lightwork and Twenty-First-Century Theatre -- Many hands: Lightwork and collaboration -- The playtexts -- Scenographic transformations -- Intertwining text and performance -- Sites of witness -- Making theatre -- References -- 2 On Texts and Collaborations -- PART 2 BLAVATSKY -- 3 On Writing Live -- References -- 4 Blavatsky (1999) -- PART 3 LONDON/MY LOVER -- 5 On Technical Operation -- 6 London/My Lover Schematic (2002) -- References -- 7 On Documentation -- The city: A place that takes time -- Body: A construction occupying a definite area -- Movement: An emptying of space -- Space: In which material bodies have extension -- PART 4 HERE'S WHAT I DID WITH MY BODY ONE DAY -- 8 On Writing and Not Writing Plays -- References -- 9 Here's What I Did with My Body One Day (2004) (Voici ce que j'ai fait un jour de mon corps) (2004/06) -- 10 On Experimenting -- PART 5 YOU KILL ME -- 11 Once I Was Dead (2006) -- 12 Back at You (2007) -- PART 6 Sarajevo Story -- 13 On Sound -- En route from Zagreb to Sarajevo, early January 2007 -- The story -- An artist-led company -- The sound design1 -- En route again -- 14 Sarajevo Story (2008) -- 15 On Scenography -- Act 1. February 2007: Research visit to Sarajevo -- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- The hills, the Sarajevo Tunnel -- Taxi from the airport -- Act 2. March 2007: Rehearsal at the Lyric Theatre Studio, Hammersmith -- PART 7 MYLIFE -- 16 On Movement Direction -- 17 MyLife Running Order (2008) -- PART 8 THE TEMPEST -- 18 On Intermediality -- References -- 19 The Tempest (Edited Version 2009) -- PART 9 THE GOOD ACTOR -- 20 On Acting.
Blurring fact and fiction -- Inhabiting multi-consciousness -- Listening across the abyss -- References -- 21 The Good Actor Various (2011) -- The Good Actor | Installation -- 22 The Acting Workshop -- PART 10 THE SHIFT -- 23 On Process -- 24 The Shift (1997) -- Contributors -- Back Cover.
Summary: Collection of performance texts from the experimental theatre company Lightwork, along with short essays by key participants. Geared around collaborative creation, it covers an array of approaches including devised, multimedia and site-specific work, providing a rich resource for those making or studying contemporary performance. 20 illus.
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Front Cover -- Half Title -- Lightwork: Texts on and from Collaborative Multimedia Theatre -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Preface: On This Book (and How to Read It) -- Note on Performing Rights -- Thanks -- PART 1 STARTING POINTS -- 1 On Lightwork and Twenty-First-Century Theatre -- Many hands: Lightwork and collaboration -- The playtexts -- Scenographic transformations -- Intertwining text and performance -- Sites of witness -- Making theatre -- References -- 2 On Texts and Collaborations -- PART 2 BLAVATSKY -- 3 On Writing Live -- References -- 4 Blavatsky (1999) -- PART 3 LONDON/MY LOVER -- 5 On Technical Operation -- 6 London/My Lover Schematic (2002) -- References -- 7 On Documentation -- The city: A place that takes time -- Body: A construction occupying a definite area -- Movement: An emptying of space -- Space: In which material bodies have extension -- PART 4 HERE'S WHAT I DID WITH MY BODY ONE DAY -- 8 On Writing and Not Writing Plays -- References -- 9 Here's What I Did with My Body One Day (2004) (Voici ce que j'ai fait un jour de mon corps) (2004/06) -- 10 On Experimenting -- PART 5 YOU KILL ME -- 11 Once I Was Dead (2006) -- 12 Back at You (2007) -- PART 6 Sarajevo Story -- 13 On Sound -- En route from Zagreb to Sarajevo, early January 2007 -- The story -- An artist-led company -- The sound design1 -- En route again -- 14 Sarajevo Story (2008) -- 15 On Scenography -- Act 1. February 2007: Research visit to Sarajevo -- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- The hills, the Sarajevo Tunnel -- Taxi from the airport -- Act 2. March 2007: Rehearsal at the Lyric Theatre Studio, Hammersmith -- PART 7 MYLIFE -- 16 On Movement Direction -- 17 MyLife Running Order (2008) -- PART 8 THE TEMPEST -- 18 On Intermediality -- References -- 19 The Tempest (Edited Version 2009) -- PART 9 THE GOOD ACTOR -- 20 On Acting.

Blurring fact and fiction -- Inhabiting multi-consciousness -- Listening across the abyss -- References -- 21 The Good Actor Various (2011) -- The Good Actor | Installation -- 22 The Acting Workshop -- PART 10 THE SHIFT -- 23 On Process -- 24 The Shift (1997) -- Contributors -- Back Cover.

Collection of performance texts from the experimental theatre company Lightwork, along with short essays by key participants. Geared around collaborative creation, it covers an array of approaches including devised, multimedia and site-specific work, providing a rich resource for those making or studying contemporary performance. 20 illus.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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