H R Elliott

The Motional Improvisation of Al Wunder

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Produktbeschreibung

The Motional Improvisation of Al Wunder takes readers on a journey through the life history, creative genealogies and unique working processes of one of the master teachers of Euro-American postmodern movement-based improvisational performance who has, until now, received scant critical attention.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138194687
• ISBN-10: 1138194689
• Artikelnr.: 69945102

Autorenporträt

H.R. Elliott is a movement artist and educator who has performed and taught in Australia, Germany, the UK and the US. She has directed a large number of physical theatre projects and is currently an Affiliate at the University of Huddersfield in Yorkshire.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I: I wonder 1. Creative genealogies 2. Theatre of the
Ordinary 3. The dancing drummer 4. Shifting place PART II: Pedagogical
foundations 5. Positive feedback and power sources 6. Developing a
descriptive language PART III: Structures 7. Basic, Necessary and
Clarifying Articulators 8. The Four Modes: Pedestrian, Character,
Caricature and Abstract 9. Four possible ways of entertaining an audience:
Expertise, being beautiful or profound, humour and challenge 10. Word/body
PART IV: Lived experience 11. Beyond Wunder Concluding note