Robert Lepage / Ex Machina : revolutions in theatrical space /
Reynolds, James (Senior lecturer in drama),
Robert Lepage / Ex Machina : revolutions in theatrical space / James Reynolds. - ix, 240 pages ; 22 cm - Methuen Drama engage . - Methuen drama engage. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-232) and index.
Genesis -- Foundations and stepping stones (1994-9). Lepagean aesthetics ; Making concrete narratives ; Critical themes -- Choosing all directions (2000-8). Upgrades ; Québec stories ; New ways -- Starting points. Critical relationships ; Brave new worlds ; Beginning. Introduction. Part One. Part Two. Part Three.
Robert Lepage and Ex Machina's theatricality is inter-disciplinary and inter-cultural, and, inevitably, characterised by intense hybridity. These complex features – while the source of an internationally celebrated theatrical innovation, and considerable pleasure for audiences – have nevertheless also prompted notable criticism. Robert Lepage / Ex Machina: Revolutions in Theatrical Space reads against the grain of criticism, providing readers with a fresh, practice-based and critical perspective by arguing that these innovative aesthetic practices operate simultaneously as positive cultural principles. Drawing directly on case studies of process and a wide range of productions, and building from in-depth interviews, this book intertwines theoretical and practical concerns, weighing them in balance, and, in doing so, produces for the reader a new critical perspective on Robert Lepage and Ex Machina. Through the course of his analysis, James Reynolds illustrates that underpinning the inter-disciplinary eclecticism of Ex Machina's practice is a profound engagement with social, cultural and political difference. Running through the work is a drive to create performances built around a principle of contradiction, through which audiences can apprehend difference in its myriad, infinite forms. Consequently, Robert Lepage / Ex Machina explores this embracing of difference in all its depth and complexity, opening a key way for readers to develop both their practical and theoretical appreciation of this practice. At the same time, the discourse around this vital, forward-looking practice is rebooted, not only by re-thinking its contribution to the vocabulary of drama and theatre, but also through revealing and assessing the critical discourse it initiates through performance.
9781474276085 1474276083
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Lepage, Robert, 1957- --Criticism and interpretation.
Lepage, Robert, 1957-
Ex Machina (Theater company)
Ex Machina (Theater company)
Theater--Production and direction.
Théâtre--Production et mise en scène.
Theater--Production and direction.
PN2306.Q4 / R496 2021
Robert Lepage / Ex Machina : revolutions in theatrical space / James Reynolds. - ix, 240 pages ; 22 cm - Methuen Drama engage . - Methuen drama engage. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-232) and index.
Genesis -- Foundations and stepping stones (1994-9). Lepagean aesthetics ; Making concrete narratives ; Critical themes -- Choosing all directions (2000-8). Upgrades ; Québec stories ; New ways -- Starting points. Critical relationships ; Brave new worlds ; Beginning. Introduction. Part One. Part Two. Part Three.
Robert Lepage and Ex Machina's theatricality is inter-disciplinary and inter-cultural, and, inevitably, characterised by intense hybridity. These complex features – while the source of an internationally celebrated theatrical innovation, and considerable pleasure for audiences – have nevertheless also prompted notable criticism. Robert Lepage / Ex Machina: Revolutions in Theatrical Space reads against the grain of criticism, providing readers with a fresh, practice-based and critical perspective by arguing that these innovative aesthetic practices operate simultaneously as positive cultural principles. Drawing directly on case studies of process and a wide range of productions, and building from in-depth interviews, this book intertwines theoretical and practical concerns, weighing them in balance, and, in doing so, produces for the reader a new critical perspective on Robert Lepage and Ex Machina. Through the course of his analysis, James Reynolds illustrates that underpinning the inter-disciplinary eclecticism of Ex Machina's practice is a profound engagement with social, cultural and political difference. Running through the work is a drive to create performances built around a principle of contradiction, through which audiences can apprehend difference in its myriad, infinite forms. Consequently, Robert Lepage / Ex Machina explores this embracing of difference in all its depth and complexity, opening a key way for readers to develop both their practical and theoretical appreciation of this practice. At the same time, the discourse around this vital, forward-looking practice is rebooted, not only by re-thinking its contribution to the vocabulary of drama and theatre, but also through revealing and assessing the critical discourse it initiates through performance.
9781474276085 1474276083
GBC0H9562 bnb
020012644 Uk
Lepage, Robert, 1957- --Criticism and interpretation.
Lepage, Robert, 1957-
Ex Machina (Theater company)
Ex Machina (Theater company)
Theater--Production and direction.
Théâtre--Production et mise en scène.
Theater--Production and direction.
PN2306.Q4 / R496 2021