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W wt 1 ADER \ 3' l \ a and Noel Witts \\/v. The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader For the first time it is possible to compare major writings on all types of perform- ance - dance, music, theatre, live art - in one volume. In this pioneering selection of seminal texts, written by over forty international practitioners, the editors encourage performance to be considered across and between disciplines, rather than presenting merely an historical survey. Sections are organised not chronologically or according to art form, but alphabetically, therefore allowing the reader freedom to cross-refer and compare without restraint. The contributors - not only performers, composers, choreog- raphers, directors and playwrights, but also key critics and theorists - all seek to affirm performance as a discipline in its own right. The writing is fully supple- mented with contextual summaries, cross-references and suggested further reading, and features a definitive new bibliography. Artaud, Bausch, Brecht, Cage, Cunningham, Duncan, Glass, Hijikata, Kantor, Marinetti, Rainer, Schechner and Soyinka are just some of the writers included in this volume. This reader will be an essential sourcebook for researchers, practitioners and all students of dance, music, theatre, drama and performance studies. It will also be of interest to anyone who enjoys innovative live performance. Michael Huxley teaches and researches dance and performance history at De Montfort University. Noel Witts is Professor of Performing Arts at De Montfort University and also writes and broadcasts for the BBC. The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader Edited, with an introduction and contextual summaries, by Michael Huxley and Noel Witts First published 1996 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE fArocmatatlhoeguBeritrieschorLdibfroarrythisbook is available Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge Library ofCongress Cataloguing in Publication Data 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library ofCongress Reprinted 1997 © 1996 Michael Huxley and Noel Witts ISBN 0-415-11627-9 (hbk) ISBN 0-A15-11628-7 (pbk) Typeset in Bell Gothicand Perpetua by Florencetype Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon Printed and bound in Great Britain by Biddies Ltd. Guildford and King's Lynn All rights reserved. No part ofthis book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form orby any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, orin any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. To our students — past, present and future Contents Preface XIII Acknowledgements xvii Michael Huxley and Noel Witts INTRODUCTION TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERFORMANCE THE CASE FOR A NEW APPROACH 1 Laurie Anderson THE SPEED OF CHANGE 15 2 Adolph Appia ACTOR, SPACE, LIGHT, PAINTING 21 3 Antonin Artaud THEATRE AND CRUELTY 25 4 Sally Banes TERPSICHORE IN SNEAKERS: POST-MODERN DANCE 30 CONTENTS 5 Eugenlo Barba WORDS OR PRESENCE 36 6 Roland Barthes THE GRAIN OF THE VOICE 44 ^^ 7 Pina Bausch NOT HOW PEOPLE MOVE BUT WHAT MOVES THEM 53 8 Julian Beck ACTING EXERCISES 9 Walter Benjamin WHAT IS EPIC THEATER? 10 Rustom Bharucha NOTES ON THE INVENTION OF TRADITION 11 Augusto Boal THE THEATRE AS DISCOURSE 85 12 Bertolt Brecht v^_ SHORT DESCRIPTION OF A NEW TECHNIQUE OF ACTING WHICH PRODUCES AN ALIENATION EFFECT 13 Peter Brook THE DEADLY THEATRE n; 14 Trisha Brown TRISHA BROWN: AN INTERVIEW 119 15 John Cage FOUR STATEMENTS ON THE DANCE 129 VI II
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