Richard Kostelanetz: On Innovative Performance(s): Three Decades of Recollections on Alternative Theatre (1994)
Filed under book | Tags: · art criticism, avant-garde, experimental theatre, happening, performance, performance art, theatre
This collection of essays and notes focuses on individual performances and performers, providing a unique critical record of their work and of the movement. Vito Acconci, Lenny Bruce, Jean Dupuy, Karen Finley, Timothy Leary, The Living Theater, Robert Watts, Zaj, a.o.
Publisher McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 1994
ISBN 0899504736, 9780899504735
vi+276 pages
Review: Robert J. Hubbard (Text & Performance Quarterly, 1996).
PDF (127 MB, no OCR)
Comment (0)Asja Lacis: Revolutionär im Beruf, Berichte über proletarisches Theater, über Meyerhold, Brecht, Benjamin und Piscator (1971) [German]
Filed under book | Tags: · 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, avant-garde, experimental theatre, germany, theatre, weimar republic
A memoir of the theatre director, actress and pedagogue Asja Lacis follows her life and theatre work in revolutionary Russia and the Weimar Republic, and offers commentary on work and ideas of avant-garde artists and groups of the time. Lacis was a personal friend and collaborator of Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht (whom she introduced to each other), Erwin Piscator and Bernhard Reich, among others. She was a primary influence in moving Benjamin to the Left. Along with Reich she was also responsible for making Brecht known in the Soviet Union.
Edited by Hildegard Brenner
Publisher Rogner & Bernhard, Munich, 1971
132 pages
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Review (Patty Lee Parmalee, New German Critique, 1975, in English)
The Writing of Asja Lacis (Susan Ingram, New German Critique, 2002, 19 pp, in English)
Commentary (Susan Ingram, 2003)
PDF (no OCR)
Comment (0)James Slowiak, Jairo Cuesta: Jerzy Grotowski (2007)
Filed under book | Tags: · audience, experimental theatre, paratheatre, participation, poland, poor theatre, spectatorship, theatre, theatre laboratory
Written by two theatre professionals who worked intimately with Grotowski over the last twenty-five years of his life, this book fills a gap in the published writings about this master director and teacher.
In this book, the writers demonstrate Grotowski’s significance and how his frank rhetoric, his revolutionary theories, his landmark productions, and pioneering cultural projects continue to cause controversy and provide fertile topics for discussion and further experimentation in theatre studios, classrooms, and on stages around the world.
The book introduces Grotowski to a new generation of theatre students, outlining his contributions to twentieth century performance and placing them in context and in perspective.
Publisher Routledge, 2007
Routledge Performance Practitioners series
ISBN 0203962745, 9780203962749
208 pages
Grotowski at Wikipedia
review (Kermit Dunkelberg, TDR: The Drama Review)