Research Catalog

Title

Performing proximity : curious intimacies / Leslie Hill and Helen Paris.

Author

Hill, Leslie, 1967-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

Paris, Helen, 1968-

Description

xi, 223 pages : illustrations (black and white); 23 cm

Summary

"How does proximity between audiences and performers change the nature of live performance? How does it feel? How long can it last? How close is too close? Exploring the rise of close encounter, immersive productions that shine a light on performer-audience relationships, this book considers the impact of space and proximity in live performance. Drawing on their experience as internationally acclaimed performance artists, Leslie Hill and Helen Paris richly document their creative processes, performances and audience's responses in a series of illuminating case studies. Relating their practice to wider issues in contemporary performance and detailing workshop exercises that aid performance making, this unique fusion of artistic and academic reflection is crucial reading for students, scholars and practitioners alike. "--

Subject

• Theater audiences
• Theater audiences > Psychology
• Aesthetic distance
• Performing arts
• Theater and society
• ART / Performance
• PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
• PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- PART ONE: PROXIMITY AND PERFORMANCE -- 2. Interior I : On the Scent -- 3. Interior II: the moment I saw you I knew I could love you -- 4. Landscape I: Out of Water -- 5. Landscape II: Lost and Found -- PART TWO: PROXIMITY AND PROCESS -- 6. In the Lab and Incognito: Research in Profile -- 7. In the Studio: a Case Study in Performance Making Methods -- 8. In Situ: Extended Conversations -- 9. Before You Go..

ISBN

• 9781137328298 (hardback)
• 1137328290 (hardback)
• 9781137328281 (paperback)
• 1137328282 (paperback)

LCCN

^^2014019320

OCLC

870982624

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library