The Poetics of Performance Diagrams (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009517461)

This Element considers the concept of performance diagrams and shows their historical, epistemic and aesthetic functions in theatre and dance. In three sections, the author surveys the architectural model of theatre by Vitruvius, the woodcut of Marlow's Doctor Faustus, Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne-Atlas, the spells and drawings of Antonin Artaud, the performance Paradise Now (the Living Theatre) and the choreography I am 1984 (Barbara Matijevic). Demonstrating that diagrams can be applied to multiply dramaturgical trajectories, the text reviews their relevance for performance-making, analysis and documentation. The author argues that diagrams provide new tools for theory, practice and archiving, while at the same time enabling reflection on the intersections between poetics and politics. Focusing on the potentiality of diagrams to cut through representation and dichotomies, this Element affirms the visual, corporeal and spatial dimensions of performance-making. In doing so, it elucidates the significance of diagrammatic thinking for performance studies.

Author: Andrej Mirčev
ISBN-10: 1009517465
ISBN-13: 9781009517461
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2024
Pages: 92
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d