Modernist and Avant-Garde Performance: An Introduction Claire Warden by Claire Warden 9780748681563, 0748681566 instant download after payment.

This textbook introduces the reader to modernist avant-garde theatre. It clearly explains the key terms as well as the major movements, including Expressionism, Dadaism, Futurism, Workers’ theatres, Constructivism and the Living Newspaper, and Mass Performance, using a case study approach. It introduces the important traditions and conventions of the modernist avant-garde, reassesses theatrical techniques, and provides examples of plays and performances from across Europe and America. There are also chapters on The Modernist Body and on Interdisciplinary Performance. The book approaches the modernist avant-garde both as an area of academic study and as potential raw material for contemporary performance.

• The first introductory guide to the modernist theatrical avant-garde
• Includes case studies, practical exercises at the end of each chapter, an annotated bibliography and a glossary of performance terms
• Includes links to performance-based explorations of theatrical techniques
• Provides a springboard for further independent study, both theoretical and practical