Science in performance : theatre and the politics of engagement /

This book is about science in theatre and performance. It explores how theatre and performance engage with emerging scientific themes from artificial intelligence to genetics and climate change.The book covers a wide range of performance forms from Broadway musicals to educational theatre, from Soma...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parry, Simon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:Theatre (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
Drama > History and criticism.
Literature and science.
Théâtre (Genre littéraire) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et sciences.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.
Drama
Literature and science
arts.
cosmopolitics.
engagement.
interdisciplinary.
knowledge.
performance.
politics.
public.
science.
theatre.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: about this book
  • 1. Science in performance: convergence, emergence, divergence
  • 2. Laughing at science in the theatre: Gob Squad, a funny robot and dancing scientists
  • 3. Speculative theatricality: dystopian performatives and vertigo aesthetics in popular theatre
  • 4. Theatre, education and the politics of life itself: Theatre of Debate
  • 5. Commoning sense: translating globalised knowledge in performance
  • 6. Performing cosmopolitics.

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