Postdramatic Theatre and Postdramatic Performance
Beginning with the concept of a postdramatic theatre as articulated by the German theorist Hans-Thies Lehmann, this essay considers the recent work of several major international directors – Ivo van Hove, Punchdrunk, Signa and others – as examples of postdramatic performance. It argues that what th...
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2015-03-01
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Beginning with the concept of a postdramatic theatre as articulated by the German theorist Hans-Thies Lehmann, this essay considers the recent work of several major international directors – Ivo van Hove, Punchdrunk, Signa and others – as examples of postdramatic performance. It argues that what they have in common is a challenge to the traditional concept of mimesis and of the theatre world as a fictional construct distinctly separated from everyday life and its surroundings.
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| spelling | doaj.art-76b50be54a8f45c38bc6ea79412ec5d22022-12-22T03:48:10ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulRevista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença2237-26602015-03-0153Postdramatic Theatre and Postdramatic PerformanceMarvin Carlson (The City University of New York – New York, United States of America) Beginning with the concept of a postdramatic theatre as articulated by the German theorist Hans-Thies Lehmann, this essay considers the recent work of several major international directors – Ivo van Hove, Punchdrunk, Signa and others – as examples of postdramatic performance. It argues that what they have in common is a challenge to the traditional concept of mimesis and of the theatre world as a fictional construct distinctly separated from everyday life and its surroundings. https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/53731TheatrePerformancePostdramaticHans-Thies LehmannArts |
| spellingShingle | Marvin Carlson (The City University of New York – New York, United States of America) Postdramatic Theatre and Postdramatic Performance Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença Theatre Performance Postdramatic Hans-Thies Lehmann Arts |
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