Neoliberalism and Global Theatres: Performance Permutations

323 Pages·2012·1.695 MB·English

by  Lara D. Nielsen, Patricia Ybarra (eds.)

StudiesinInternationalPerformance
PublishedinassociationwiththeInternationalFederationofTheatreResearch
GeneralEditors:JanelleReineltandBrianSingleton
Culture and performance cross borders constantly, and not just the borders that define
nations. In this new series, scholars of performance produce interactions between and
amongnationsandculturesaswellasgenres,identitiesandimaginations.
International in the largest sense, the books collected in the Studies in International
Performance series display a range of historical, theoretical and critical approaches to the
panoply of performances that make up the global surround. The series embraces ‘cul-
ture’ which is institutional as well as improvised, underground or alternate, and treats
‘performance’aseitherinterculturalortransnationalaswellasintraculturalwithinnations.
Titlesinclude:
KhalidAmineandMarvinCarlson
THETHEATRESOFMOROCCO,ALGERIAANDTUNISIA
PerformanceTraditionsoftheMaghreb
PatrickAndersonandJishaMenon(editors)
VIOLENCEPERFORMED
LocalRootsandGlobalRoutesofConflict
ElaineAstonandSue-EllenCase
STAGINGINTERNATIONALFEMINISMS
ChristopherB.Balme
PACIFICPERFORMANCES
TheatricalityandCross-CulturalEncounterintheSouthSeas
MatthewIsaacCohen
PERFORMINGOTHERNESS
JavaandBalionInternationalStages,1905–1952
SusanLeighFoster(editor)
WORLDINGDANCE
HelenGilbertandJacquelineLo
PERFORMANCEANDCOSMOPOLITICS
Cross-CulturalTransactionsinAustralasia
HelenaGrehan
PERFORMANCE,ETHICSANDSPECTATORSHIPINAGLOBALAGE
JudithHamera
DANCINGCOMMUNITIES
Performance,DifferenceandConnectionintheGlobalCity
JamesHardingandCindyRosenthal(editors)
THERISEOFPERFORMANCESTUDIES
RethinkingRichardSchechner’sBroadSpectrum
SilvijaJestrovicandYanaMeerzon(editors)
PERFORMANCE,EXILEAND‘AMERICA’
OlaJohansson
COMMUNITYTHEATREANDAIDS
KetuKatrak
CONTEMPORARYINDIANDANCE
NewCreativeChoreographyinIndiaandtheDiaspora
SonjaArshamKuftinec
THEATRE,FACILITATIONANDNATIONFORMATIONINTHEBALKANSAND
MIDDLEEAST
DaphneP.Lei
ALTERNATIVECHINESEOPERAINTHEAGEOFGLOBALIZATION
PerformingZero
CarolMartin(editor)
DRAMATURGYOFTHEREALONTHEWORLDSTAGE
YanaMeerzon
PERFORMINGEXILE,PERFORMINGSELF
Drama,Theatre,Film
LaraD.NielsonandPatriciaYbarra(editors)
NEOLIBERALISMANDGLOBALTHEATRES
PerformancePermutations
AlanRead
THEATRE,INTIMACY&ENGAGEMENT
TheLastHumanVenue
ShannonSteen
RACIALGEOMETRIESOFTHEBLACKATLANTIC,ASIANPACIFICAND
AMERICANTHEATRE
MarcusChengChyeTan
ACOUSTICINTERCULTURALISM
ListeningtoPerformance
MauryaWickstrom
PERFORMANCEINTHEBLOCKADESOFNEOLIBERALISM
ThinkingthePoliticalAnew
S.E.Wilmer(editor)
NATIONALTHEATRESINACHANGINGEUROPE
EvanDarwinWinet
INDONESIANPOSTCOLONIALTHEATRE
SpectralGenealogiesandAbsentFaces
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Neoliberalism and Global
Theatres
Performance Permutations
Editedby
Lara D. Nielsen
AssistantProfessor,MacalesterCollege,SaintPaul,MN,USA
and
Patricia Ybarra
AssociateProfessor,BrownUniversity,Providence,RI,USA
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Contents
ListofIllustrations vii
SeriesPreface viii
Acknowledgments ix
NotesonContributors x
Introduction:HeterotopicTransformations,The(Il)Liberal
Neoliberal 1
LaraD.Nielsen
Part I InstitutionalStrategies
1 NintendoMuseum:InterculturalPedagogy,Neoliberal
Citizenship,andaTheatrewithoutActors 25
MargaretWerry
2 ArcheologiesofEmpire:ColonialHollywoodandthe
NeoliberalAcademy 42
SebastiánCalderónBentin
3 Neoliberalism,theArts,andtheGlobalUniversity 53
Eng-BengLim
4 BrandingtheRevolution:HairRedux 65
DavidSavran
Part II ModesofTransmission
5 IFeelforYou 81
PatrickAnderson
6 StagingaMovingMapinByronAuYong’sandAaronJafferis’s
StuckElevator 97
KarenShimakawa
7 FightingforaFutureinaFreeTradeWorld 113
PatriciaYbarra
8 UncheckedPopularity:NeoliberalCirculationsofBlackSocial
Dance 128
ThomasF.DeFrantz
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Part III FormalEconomies
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9 ModelDissent:L uQuangVu˜ andtheMelodramatic
PerformanceofRenovationinPost-WarVietnam 143
KhaiThuNguyen
10 RepresentationalPracticesandRealAbstractionsinEarly
Eighteenth-CenturyLondon 161
MichalKobialka
11 TheGiftoftheNewOrleansSecondLine 176
MargaretM.Olsen
12 WoleSoyinka’sTheBeatificationofAreaBoyasNeoliberal
Kaleidoscope 189
CatherineM.Cole
Part IV SitesofArticulation
13 TeatroVisiónandtheLimitsofChicanoPoliticsinNeoliberal
Space 209
JonD.Rossini
14 RepairingTeatroOficinaPerdiz 221
NitzaTenenblat
15 PalimpsesticCity:NostalgiainNeoliberalBangalore 237
JishaMenon
16 DesiringtheStage:TheInterplayofMobilityandResistance 253
RachmiDiyahLarasati
Aquatopia:HarmattanTheater,NeoliberalProvisionality,andthe
FutureofWater 266
MayJoseph
Bibliography 277
Index 307
Illustrations
Cover:PhotoofsignsinMexicoCity,TheZócalo,July2011,byLaraNielsen.
Permissiongrantedbythephotographer.
PhotoofTeatroPerdiz,May2010,byDennisCajatyBarbosaBraga.
Permissiongrantedbythephotographer 223
1 MapofDutchEastIndiaCompanyCombinedColonial
Occupation.CourtesyDanielHetteix 268
2 MapofNotenEylant.ChartoftheEntranceofHudson’sRiver,
fromSandyHooktoNewYork.TheLionelPinkusandPrincess
FiryalMapDivision,TheNewYorkPublicLibrary,Astor,Lenox
andTildenFoundations 271
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Series Preface
TheStudiesinInternationalPerformanceserieswasinitiatedin2004onbehalf
oftheInternationalFederationforTheatreResearch,byJanelleReineltand
BrianSingleton,successivePresidentsoftheFederation.Theiraimwas,and
stillis,tocallonperformancescholarstoexpandtheirdisciplinaryhorizons
toincludethecomparativestudyofperformancesacrossnational,cultural,
social, and political borders. This is necessary not only in order to avoid
thehomogenizingtendencyofnationalparadigmsinperformancescholar-
ship, but also in order to engage in creating new performance scholarship
that takes account of and embraces the complexities of transnational cul-
turalproduction,thenewmedia,andtheeconomicandsocialconsequences
ofincreasinglyinternationalformsofartisticexpression.Comparativestud-
ies(especiallywhenconceivedacrossmorethantwoterms)canvalueboth
thespecificallylocalandthebroadlyconceivedglobalformsofperformance
practices,histories,andsocialformations.Comparativeaestheticscanchal-
lenge the limitations of national orthodoxies of art criticism and current
artistic knowledges. In formalizing the work of the Federation’s members
through rigorous and innovative scholarship, this series aims to make a
significantcontributiontotheever-changingprojectofknowledgecreation.
JanelleReineltandBrianSingleton
InternationalFederationforTheatreResearch/
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IFTR
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Acknowledgments
This anthology would not have been possible without the support of the
Brown Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, or without
the support of the Theatre and Dance Department, and a Wallace Research
Grant,atMacalesterCollege.
PermissionhasbeengrantedbyDukeUniversityPresstoreprintthetextof
Eng-BengLim’s“Neoliberalism,TheArts,andTheGlobalUniversity,”which
was published under the title “Performing the Neoliberal University” in a
differentforminSocialText (2009),27.4:25–44.
PermissiontoreprintmapsofNewYorkhasbeengrantedbytheNewYork
PublicLibrary.
Permission to print a photo of Teatro Oficina Perdiz in Brasília has been
grantedbyDennisCajatyBarbosaBraga.
We developed many of the ideas and research in this anthology through
sessions titled Neoliberalism and Performance in the Global Market at the
AmericanSocietyforTheatreResearchin2007and2008,andsomepartici-
pantsinthosesessionsareincludedinthisvolume.Wewouldliketothank
the participants in the first group: Joanne Zerdy, John Carwath, Eng-Beng
Lim, Elisa Legon, Jon Rossini, Charlotte McIvor, Milija Gluhovic, Maurya
Wickstrom,KhaiThuNguyen,EvanWinet,RobShimko,SebastiánCalderón.
Audiencesattheseseminarshaveofferedkeyquestionsanddialoguewhich
thisvolumeintendstosustain.
Intellectual support and inspiration have come from Catherine Cole,
David Savran, Nicholas Ridout, May Joseph, Anita Cherian, and Michal
Kobialka. One of the great pleasures of this volume has been working
with scholars who are mentors and mentees. We are proud that this is an
internationalandmultigenerationalproject.
Wewouldliketothanktheeditorsoftheseries,JanelleReineltandBrian
Singleton, for their suggestions and support throughout the book develop-
mentprocess,aswellasPaulaKennedyandBenDoyleatPalgrave,fortheir
keenguidanceandkindresponsestolastminutequestions.Wearegrateful
for the tireless work of our proofreaders—Andrew Starner and Anna Fisher.
WealsowishtothankLindaMagoni,whoworkedwithmanypublishersto
helpobtainrightstomaterial.
Gentle thanks, finally, to the patient Milind Shah and the impatient
Naveen, who arrived early; and to friends and family who walked both of
usbackintolifeafterextraordinaryhappenings.
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