Theatre And Religion On Krishnas Stage

Author : D. Mason
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230621589
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatre and Religion on Krishna’s Stage written by D. Mason and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-05-25 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage examines the history and form of India's râs lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that râs lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that locate them together in the spiritual reality that the play represents. Correlating Krishna devotion and theories of religious experience, this book suggests that the emotional experience of theatrical fiction may arise from the propensity of audiences to play out roles of their own through which they share a performance's reality.

Author : Lance Gharavi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136483403
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, Theatre, and Performance written by Lance Gharavi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intersections of religion, politics, and performance form the loci of many of the most serious issues facing the world today, sites where some of the world’s most pressing and momentous events are contested and played out. That this circumstance warrants continued, thoughtful, and imaginative engagement from those within the fields of theatre and performance is one of the guiding principles of this volume. This collection features a diverse set of perspectives, written by some of the top scholars in the relevant fields, on the many modern intersections of religion with theatre and performance. Contributors argue that religion can no longer be conceived of as a cultural phenomenon that is safely sequestered in the "private sphere." It is instead an explicitly public force that stimulates and complicates public actions, and thus a crucial component of much performance. From mystic theologies of acting to the neuroscience of spirituality in rituals to the performance of secularism, these essays address a broad variety of religious traditions, sharing a common conception of religion as a crucial object of discourse—one that is formed by, and significantly formative of, performance.

Author : Bruce McConachie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316467805
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution, Cognition, and Performance written by Bruce McConachie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture and cognition work together dynamically every time a spectator interprets meaning during a performance. In this study, Bruce McConachie examines the biocultural basis of all performance, from its origins and the cognitive processes that facilitate it, to what keeps us coming back for more. To effect this major reorientation, McConachie works within the scientific paradigm of enaction, which explains all human activities, including performances, as the interactions of mental, bodily, and ecological networks. He goes on to use our biocultural proclivity for altruism, as revealed in performance, to explore our species' gradual ethical progress on such matters as the changing norms of religious sacrifice, slavery, and LGBT rights. Along the way, the book engages with a wide range of performances, including Richard Pryor's stand-up, the film Titanic, aerialist performances, American football, and the stage and film versions of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Author : M. Schwartz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137353058
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Class Divisions on the Broadway Stage written by M. Schwartz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining twenty-five years of theatre history, this book covers the major plays that feature representations of the Industrial Workers of the World. American class movement and class divisions have long been reflected on the Broadway stage and here Michael Schwartz presents a fresh look at the conflict between labor and capital.

Author : John W. Frick
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137566450
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Tom's Cabin on the American Stage and Screen written by John W. Frick and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No play in the history of the American Stage has been as ubiquitous and as widely viewed as Uncle Tom's Cabin . This book traces the major dramatizations of Stowe's classic from its inception in 1852 through modern versions on film. Frick introduce the reader to the artists who created the plays and productions that created theatre history.

Author : Helen Krich Chinoy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137294604
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Group Theatre written by Helen Krich Chinoy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Group Theatre , a groundbreaking ensemble collective, started the careers of many top American theatre artists of the twentieth century and founded what became known as Method Acting. This book is the definitive history, based on over thirty years of research and interviews by the foremost theatre scholar of the time period, Helen Chinoy.

Author : E. Lingan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113744861X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theatre of the Occult Revival written by E. Lingan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.

Author : L. Vidler
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137437073
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performance Reconstruction and Spanish Golden Age Drama written by L. Vidler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish Golden Age drama has resurfaced in recent years, however scholarly analysis has not kept pace with its popularity. This book problematizes and analyzes the approaches to staging reconstruction taken over the past few decades, including historical, semiotic, anthropological, cultural, structural, cognitive and phenomenological methods.

Author : B. Witham
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137121858
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sustainable Theatre written by B. Witham and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begun as an audacious experiment, for thirty years the Hedgerow Theatre prospered as America's most successful repertory company. While known for its famous alumnae (Ann Harding and Richard Basehart), Hedgerow's legacy is a living library of over 200 productions created by Jasper Deeter's idealistic and determined pursuit of 'truth and beauty.'

Author : J. Ullom
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137394358
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America’s First Regional Theatre written by J. Ullom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cleveland Play House has mirrored the achievements and struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American theatre over the past one hundred years. This book challenges the established history (often put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions concerning the creation of the institution and its legacy.