{"product_id":"small-acts-of-repair-stephen-bottoms-9780415365154","title":"Small Acts of Repair: Performance, Ecology and Goat Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoat Island are one of the world's leading contemporary performance ensembles. Their intimate, low-tech, intensely physical performances represent a unique hybrid of strategies and techniques drawn from live art, experimental theatre and postmodern dance. \u003cem\u003eSmall Acts of Repair: Performance, Ecology and Goat Island\u003c\/em\u003e, is the first book to document and critique the company's performances, processes, politics, aesthetics, and philosophies. It reflects on the company's work through the critical lens of ecology - an emerging and urgent concern in performance studies and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis collage text combines and juxtaposes writing by company members and arts commentators, to look in detail at Goat Island's distinctive collaborative processes and the reception of their work in performance. The book includes a section of practical workshop exercises and thoughts on teaching drawn from the company's extensive experience, providing an invaluable classroom resource.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy documenting the creative processes of this extraordinary company, this book will make an important contribution to the critical debates surrounding contemporary performance practices. In so doing, it pays compelling tribute to committed art-making, creativity, collaboration, and the nature of the possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Bottoms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415365155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415365154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 322","brand":"Stephen Bottoms","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181075820799,"sku":"9780415365154","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec0962be-215c-47aa-b03c-5381f795e12d.jpg?v=1690258422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/small-acts-of-repair-stephen-bottoms-9780415365154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}