 Analyzing performance: theater, dance, and film.
Author: Pavis, Patrice Published: 2003 Conceptual tools for understanding a range of performance. This illustrated book develops protocols for the analysis of performance at every level - from the minute gestures and facial expressions of an actor to the social network in which theatre is embedded - and respects the importance of very aspect of performance, including actor, costume, space, time, music, and lighting. With a keen awareness of the role of social context in the interpretation of performance, Patrice Pavis leads the reader from a purely formal analysis to a semiology and anthropology of performance, where spectator and actor performer are equally objects of study. |
