TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bailes,Sara Jane
TI  - Performance theatre and the poetics of failure: forced entertainment, Goat Island, elevator repair service 
SN  - 9780203846179 (e-book)
AV  - PN2193.E86 B35 2010
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Theater
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Experimental theater
KW  - Performing arts
KW  - Failure (Psychology) in literature
KW  - Performing Arts
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Performance art
KW  - thema
KW  - Product design
KW  - Theatre studies
KW  - Theatre: technical & background skills
KW  - Jurisprudence & general issues
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415585651; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - This title examines the role of the staged 'fail' in theatre through theoretical and archival modes of investigation. Using case studies it presents new developments in performance studies and theatre arts that have been influenced by post-modernism; What does it mean to "fail" in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre's potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail? In Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure, Sara Jane Bailes begins with Samuel Beckett and considers failure in performance as a hopeful strategy. She examines the work of internationally acclaimed UK and US experimental theatre companies Forced Entertainment, Goat Island and Elevator Repair Service, addressing accepted narratives about artistic and cultural value in contemporary theatre-making. Her discussion draws on examples where misfire, the accidental and the intentionally amateur challenge our perception of skill and virtuosity in such diverse modes of performance as slapstick and punk. Detailed rehearsal and performance analysis are used to engage theory and contextualise practice, extending the dialogue between theatre arts, live art and postmodern dance. The result is a critical account of performance theatre that offers essential reading for practitioners, scholars and students of Performance, Theatre and Dance Studies
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