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Migrating Modernist Performance, 1st ed. 2016
British Theatrical Travels Through Russia
Author: Warden Claire
Language: EnglishSubjects for Migrating Modernist Performance:
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Russian theatre practitioners; British theatre practitioners; transnational modernism; intercultural exchange; theatrical realism; migratory modernists; émigré Russians; Ballet Russes; Salute to the Red Army; Constantin Stanislavsky; Huntly Carter; Michael Chekhov; first-hand experience; modernist avant-garde; agitprop
Publication date: 11-2020
223 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 10-2016
Support: Print on demand
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Exploring the experiences of early to mid-twentieth century British theatre-makers in Russia, this book imagines how these travellers interpreted Russian realism, symbolism, constructivism, agitprop, pageantry, dance or cinema.
With some searching for an alternative to the corporate West End, some for experimental techniques and others still for methods that might politically inspire their audiences, did these journeys make any differences to their practice? And how did distinctly Russian techniques affect British theatre history?
Migrating Modernist Performance seeks to answer these questions, reimagining the experiences and creative output of a range of, often under-researched, practitioners. What emerges is a dynamic collection of performances that bridge geographical, aesthetic, chronological and political divides.
Claire Warden is Reader in Drama at De Montfort University, UK. She is the author of British Avant-Garde Theatre (2012) and Modernist and Avant-Garde Performance: an introduction (2015).
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