Running Off the Anger: British New Wave

Anna Śliwińska

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 22
• Running off the Anger. British New Wave includes several areas of research that suggest interpreting the cinema of the British New Wave in relation to... Lees meer

The Second Birth of Theatre

Miroslaw Kocur

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 8
• This book presents a new approach to early English theatre by exposing a genuine relationship between monastic performances and theatricality. It argu... Lees meer

The Long Shadow of Don Quixote

Magdalena Barbaruk

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 3
• The book argues that Don Quixote and Quixotism are relevant to cultural studies. Changing interpretations of Don Quixote reveal cultural dynamics, and... Lees meer

Tendenzen der zeitgenoessischen Dramatik

• Hardcover | Duits | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 1
• Die Autoren stellen nicht nur Stücke zeitgenössischer Dramatiker vor, sondern bieten auch methodische Neuorientierungen. Die Abhandlungen greifen Pert... Lees meer

Kantor: Non/Presence

Katarzyna Fazan

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 32
• Kantor: Non/Presence is a unique work in theatre studies by a single author. The book far exceeds the framework set by its eponymous protagonist. Faza... Lees meer

Cinematic Echoes of Covenants Past and Present

Christopher Garbowski

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 10
• The author analyzes appropriately selected historical films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda with respect to historical memory in relation to fil... Lees meer

Dancer - Researcher - Performer: A Learning Process

Graziela Rodrigues

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 6
• The author presents the method of research and creation in dance and theater in Brazil, called Bailarino-Pesquisador-Intérprete (Dancer-Researcher-Per... Lees meer

Between Dream and Reality: «The Saragossa Manuscript»

Iwona Grodź

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 15
• The book features a detailed analysis and interpretation of «The Saragossa Manuscript» (1964) by Wojciech Jerzy Has. The interpretative key is the dir... Lees meer

Shakespeare in 19th-Century Opera

Alina Borkowska-Rychlewska

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 19
• The author of the book analyses selected 19th-century operas based on Shakespeare's plays from the perspective of their relations to the literature, a... Lees meer

On the Origins of Theater

Miroslaw Kocur

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 4
• This book presents an interdisciplinary investigation into the emergence of the actor and theater. Scholarship helps us to realize how we have evolved... Lees meer

The Theatre of the Absurd, the Grotesque and Politics

Jadwiga Uchman

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 27
• The monograph deals with chosen aspects of modern drama based on the output of three playwrights. It discusses the works of Beckett, Pinter and Stoppa... Lees meer

The Power of Theater

Miroslaw Kocur

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 11
• This book examines performative practices of the ancient Romans, and provides fresh insights into the contexts of the Roman theater. Today the ancient... Lees meer

Performance of Identity of Polish Tatars

Barbara Pawlic-Miskiewicz

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 13
• The book presents the Tatar community in a new perspective, with its rituals and strategies that allow it to maintain the identity and distinguish its... Lees meer

In the Footsteps of Harlequin and Pulcinella

Ewa Bal

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 24
• The author takes readers on a journey in the footsteps of Harlequin and Pulcinella, two well-known commedia dell'arte masks, to show the historically ... Lees meer

The Cinema of Iceland

Sebastian Jakub Konefal

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 18
• The last decade was an exceptional period for the Icelandic cinema. The films produced during this time have won many prestigious awards at internatio... Lees meer

Zur Funktion Und Bedeutung Des Chors Im Zeitgenoessischen Drama Und Theater

• Hardcover | Duits | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 21
• Die Rückkehr des Chores in die Theaterstücke und Inszenierungen der Gegenwart macht erkennbar, eine wie hohe Aktualität dieses seit der Antike bekannt... Lees meer

Witkacy. Logos and the Elements

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 7
• This book focuses on Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, philosopher and controversial artist. It expresses the opinions of philosophers, museologists and ar... Lees meer

Theater and the Sacred in the Middle Ages

Andrzej Dąbrówka

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 20
• The book presents a constructivist theory of relations between artistic forms and religious phenomena ("recapitulatory aesthetics"). The main theoreti... Lees meer

El Cuerpo del Espectador / El Cuerpo del Lector (Presencias Reales del Teatro Y La Literatura)

• Hardcover | Spaans | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 30
• The book focuses on two perspectives: the scenological and the literary, and the visions of the spectator and those of the reader. If we refer to the ... Lees meer

Intense Bodily Presence

Magdalena Anna Zamorska

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 14
• The author explores the practices of Polish butō dancers. Underlining the transcultural potential of the genre, she discusses in particular their indi... Lees meer

Truth, Beauty, and the Common Good

Christopher Garbowski

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 28
• The examination of the transcendentals of truth, beauty and the good in this book stems from the perspective of Christian humanism, transcending ourse... Lees meer

Raumformen in Der Gegenwartsdramatik

• Hardcover | Duits | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 9
• Ausgehend von dem Gedanken, dass Räumlichkeit im Theater «flüchtig und transitorisch» ist, diskutieren die Autoren die multiple Struktur pluraler Räum... Lees meer

The Kinetics of the Invisible

Matteo Bonfitto

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 5
• What's the role played by the invisible in our lives? At what level can it be perceived when explored in the theatre? Having as its focus the acting p... Lees meer

Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film

Agnieszka Kiejziewicz

• Hardcover | Engels | Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance | nr. 23
• The book shows the connections between Japanese historical avant-garde movements and new Japanese experimental films. The author provides insight into... Lees meer