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Commedia dell'Arte for the 21st Century: Practice and Performance in the Asia-Pacific

Commedia dell'Arte for the 21st Century: Practice and Performance in the Asia-Pacific

Crick, Olly
Di Niro, Corinna

Paperback

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Literary CriticismTheater HistoryPlays

ISBN10: 0367696797
ISBN13: 9780367696795
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 29 2024
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book discusses the evolution of Commedia dell'Arte in the Asia-Pacific where through the process of reinvention and recreation it has emerged as a variety of hybrids and praxes, all in some ways faithful to the recreated European genre.

The contributors in this collection chart their own training in the field and document their strategies for engaging with this form of theatre. In doing so, this book examines the current thoughts, ideas, and perceptions of Commedia - a long-standing theatre genre, originating in a European-based collision between neo-classical drama and oral tradition. The contributing artists, directors, teachers, scholars and theatre-makers give insight into working styles, performance ideas, craft techniques and ways to engage an audience for whom Commedia is not part of their day-to-day culture. The volume presents case studies by current practitioners, some who have trained under known Commedia 'masters' (e.g. Lecoq, Boso, Mazzone-Clementi and Fava) and have returned to their country of origin where they have developed their performance and teaching praxis, and others (e.g. travelling from Europe to Japan, Thailand, Singapore and China) who have discovered access points to share or teach Commedia in places where it was previously not known.

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