Staging postcommunism alternative theatre in Eastern and Central Europe after 1989 / edited by Vessela S. Warner and Diana Manole.
| Other author | Warner, Vessela S., 1968- |
| Other author | Manole, Diana, 1963- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2020] |
| Description | xxv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in theatre history and culture |
| Contents | Preface : restoring theatre activism in Eastern and Central Europe / Diana Manole -- Introduction : the "other: theatre in the postcolonies of communism / Vessela S. Warner -- Contemporary Hungarian independent theatre / Andrea Tompa -- The center and the fringe : post-Soviet alternative theatre in Estonia / Jaak Rahesoo -- Theatre NO99 : an alternative state theatre / Luule Epner -- The search for alternatives in Latvian theatre 1991/2004 : a creator's notebook / Ba£̀¿uta Rubess -- The assault of alternative theatre against the limited universe / Angelina Rocca -- Teatr.doc and the Russian alternative stage today / John Freedman -- Anti-nationalism and the culture of performance : the mission of Dah Theatre / Dennis Barnett -- Fusing performative boundaries: the relation text-actor-space in the experimental style of Theatre Laboratory Sfumato / Violeta Decheva and Vessela S. Warner -- Theatre Laboratory Alma Alter : Grotowski's legacy and the heterogeneous origin of Bulgarian alternative theatre / Vessela S. Warner -- Redefining kitsch and camp in Russian opera : Moscow's Helikon Opera in transition / Christopher Silsby -- Prague's Studio Ypsilon in the tradition of the Czech liberated theatre / Barry Freeman -- After the avalanche : Czech theatre's search for the meaning of alternative / Dennis C. Beck -- Playing with citizenship : NSK and Janez Jans¿¿a / S.E. Wilmer -- The perfect other : performing artistic freedom in solidarity with the Belarus Free Theater / Margarita Kompelmakher. |
| Abstract | "After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, East Central European theatre was never the same. In the transition to a post-communist world, 'alternative theatre' found ways to grapple with political chaos, corruption, and aggressive implementation of a market economy. Three decades later, this volume is the first comprehensive examination of alternative theatre in twenty former communist countries. The essays focus on companies and artists that radically changed the language and organization of theatre in the former Eastern European bloc. Essayists view alternative theatre as a cultural, social, and political practice that seized newfound freedom and power after the toppling of censorious totalitarian governments. Emerging from cultural isolation, alternative theatre used experimental, avant-garde performance styles to bring about social and political changes. Ultimately, this collection investigates the ways in which post-communist alternative theatre negotiated and embodied change not only locally but globally as well. The result is a long overdue examination that will be a valuable resource for theatre history, post-Cold War, and Eastern European scholars alike"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019010729 |
| ISBN | 9781609386771 (softcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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