This guide to modernism and performance introduces key developments and debates of the period, such as the rise of the director, new theories of acting and new modes of production. Through these debates, and emphasis on the performing body, this study underlines the importance of performance in reconfiguring our general understanding of modernism
A guide to moderism and performance, intorducing key developmentsand debates of the period
Author takes a new approach, emphasising the importance of the study of modernism
Includes case studies of actual performances and exceptional illustrations
Olga Taxidou
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