Theory for Theatre Studies: Light by Dean Wilcox Paperback Book

Description: Theory for Theatre Studies: Light by Dean Wilcox, Susan Bennett, Professor Dean Wilcox, Kim Solga What properties of light can be manipulated for aesthetic effect? What role does the perception of the audience play in how stage information is received and processed? How do changes in technology affect methods or approaches to design and practice?This book is designed to introduce key ideas about light and to generate questions and perspectives that will encourage readers to explore light in the theatre more fully in their own critical and creative practices.Examining the theories behind stage lighting practice to help students learn to analyse the aesthetic and critical impacts of light in performance, this book traces the development of lighting practice by focusing on important shifts in technology and aesthetics from the classical period to the modern era.Central to this study are ideas developed by New Stagecraft theorists and designers Adolphe Appia, Edward Gordon Craig and Robert Edmond Jones. Case studies include semiotic approaches to Loïe Fullers combination of light, movement and costume, Robert Wilsons Einstein on the Beach and Tadashi Suzukis The Trojan Women. Further case studies including the installation work of James Turrell and Refik Anadol, the Winston Salem Light Project and David Byrnes American Utopia, examine the use of light in theatrical and non-theatrical spaces by focusing on phenomenology, community engagement and the evolution of lighting technology.A companion website features links to images, chapter summaries, questions and further resources for study. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Dean Wilcox is Professor of Theatre History, Dramatic Literature and Humanities in the Division of Liberal Arts at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, USA. Table of Contents Series PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Light, Colour and PerceptionSECTION ONEFrom Natural to Artificial LightThe Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and The Duchess of MalfiHenry Irving, Gaslight and The Bells Lighting in The Modern Era: Anton Chekhovs The Cherry OrchardThe New StagecraftSymbolist Drama and The Intruder: A Complex Engagement Beneath the SurfaceSECTION TWOFrom Modernism to the Postmodern EraA Semiotic Approach to Performance AnalysisCase Study: Loïe Fuller: Dancing with LightCase Study: Robert Wilsons Einstein on the BeachCase Study: Tadashi Suzukis The Trojan WomenSECTION THREEFrom the Gallery to the Community to the StageCase Study: James Turrell: Light, Space, Perception and DurationCase Study: The Winston Salem Light Project: Seeing Familiar Spaces in Unfamiliar WaysCase Study Refik Anadol: Light, Space and Artificial IntelligenceCase Study: David Byrnes American Utopia: Live Theatre and Emergent TechnologyNotesReferencesFurther ReadingIndex Review This book will help anyone who is serious about lighting design to think more deeply about the "why" of what we do when we put light on stages and elsewhere, which can only be a good thing. * Nick Moran, Central School of Speech & Drama and The Association for Lighting and Production Design, UK * Promotional Examines the theories behind stage lighting practice to help students learn to analyse the aesthetic and critical impacts of light in performance. A companion website offers additional resources to aid learning. Details ISBN1350374768 Author Kim Solga Series Theory for Theatre Studies Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781350374768 Format Paperback Imprint Methuen Drama Edited by Susan Bennett Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publication Date 2024-07-25 UK Release Date 2024-07-25 AU Release Date 2024-08-21 DEWEY 792.025 Pages 184 ISBN-10 1350374768 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161350365;

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