Sensual engagements: understanding theories of the senses and their potential applications within theatre practice / Stephen DiBenedetto; 8. Contextualizing Theory and Practice: Introduction: Part I / Megan Alrutz and Julia Listengarten; 1. The function of theory at the present time? / Mark Fortier; 2. Approaching theory: scholar and practitioner / Manon van de Water; 3. "'There is a World Elsewhere": the endgame of theory and practice / Michal Kobialka -- Part II. Interrogating Theory in Theatre Practice: Productive Tensions, Questions, and Implications: Introduction: Part II / Megan Alrutz and Julia istengarten; 4. Intermediate bodies: media theory and theatre / Sarah Bay-Cheng; 5. Authenticity in children's theatre and art / Stephani Etheridge Woodson; 6. Theatrical nationalism and subversive affirmation / S.E. Wilmer; 7. Sensual engagements: understanding theories of the senses and their potential applications within theatre practice / Stephen DiBenedetto; 8. Voice and the Venus: opening up voice and speech with post-colonial theories / Laura R. Dougherty; 16. Intuition in practice: emotion and feeling in the artistic process / Harry Feiner; 10. Resisting binaries: theory and acting / John Lutterbie; 11. Moving spectators toward progressive politics by combining Brechtian Theory with cognitive science / Bruce McConachie -- Part III. Case Studies: Activating Theory withing and through the Production Process: Introduction: Part III / Megan Alrutz and Julia Listengarten; 12. Theatre is theory: a case study of ghosting / Herbert Blau; 13. Cyrano's intercultural voyages in India / Donald C. McManus; 14. (Re)presenting silenced voices: negotiating multiple landscapes through body, voice, and architecture / Julia Listengarten and Christopher Niess; 15. Voice and the Venus: opening up voice and speech with post-colonial theories / Laura R. Dougherty; 16. Seven introductions: a dialogue / Michael Rohd and Shannon Scrofano. 20. Under the influence / Alissa Mello; 18. Modulating theory: breaking new ground in musical theatre study / John Bell; 20. Seven introductions: a dialogue / Michael Rohd and Shannon Scrofano.
Summary:
"Through a collection of original essays and case studies, this book introduces ideas and raises questions about building dynamic, theoretically minded production work. Artists and scholars grapple with the shifting value and function of theory in theatre, exploring the multi-faceted and complex relationship between theory and theatre practice"-- Provided by publisher.
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