Robert Wilson: Edition 2

Maria Shevtsova

Okt. 2018 · Routledge

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Robert Wilson is an American–European director who is also a performer, installation artist, writer, designer of light and much more besides – a crossover polymath who dissolves both generic and geographical boundaries and is a precursor of globalisation in the arts. This second edition of Robert Wilson combines:

• an analysis of his main productions, situated in their American and European socio-cultural and political contexts
• a focused, detailed study of Wilson’s pathbreaking Einstein on the Beach
• a study of Pushkin's Fairy Tales as the foremost example of his folk-rock music theatre in the twenty-first century
• an exploration of his ‘visual book’, workshop and rehearsal methods, and collaborative procedures
• a study of his aesthetic principles and the elements of composition that distinguish his directorial approach
• a series of practical exercises for students and practitioners highlighting Wilson’s technique.

As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners offer unbeatable value for today’s student.

Autoren-Profil

Maria Shevtsova is Professor of Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her books include Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre: Process to Performance (2004), Fifty Key Theatre Directors (2005), Sociology of Theatre and Performance (2009), Directors/Directing: Conversations on Theatre (co-authored, 2009) and The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing (co-authored, 2013). All her books have been translated into multiple languages, and she is co-editor of New Theatre Quarterly.