{"product_id":"9781350295230","title":"Politics of Process in Contemporary Performance Making A Practice-Philosophical View","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReflections on Contemporary Performance Process\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePolitics of Process in Contemporary Performance Making\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Practice-Philosophical View\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStefanie Sachsenmaier | Julia Listengarten | Alissa Clarke\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book offers an an innovative re-examination of the notion of 'process' in contemporary performance-making, drawing on insights from the related fields of philosophy, practice theory and the social sciences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a lens of activism, it explores the socio-political potential of performance-process as a means to create vital new social agendas informed by resistance, resilience, transformative change and prefigurative practices, and including issues such as body politics, wellbeing, justice and the environment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEn route, it engages with socio-political issues currently identified as needing transformative change, including those initiated by the Black Lives Matter movement and the environmental crisis, and addresses how further social change might be initiated at the processual level. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book integrates the voices of various performance practitioners by including materials gathered through recorded conversations, carefully balancing diverse perspectives. These practitioners include Australia-based dance company Marrugeku; Brazil-based GRUPO CENA 11; Embros Theatre and Green Park café in Greece; choreographer Dana Yahalomi based in Israel; Yup'ik womxn and choreographer, Alaska-born and NYC-based Emily Johnson; Berlin-based Rimini Protokoll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough this and the author's own perspectives on how performance practice relates to social and political issues, it facilitates a new conversation around the processual as political.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStefanie Sachsenmaier\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader of the BA in Theatre Performance at Middlesex University, UK, as well as Senior HEA Fellow. Her research centres on the processual in creative practice, with a particular interest in the ways that performance practices extend into the socio-political context. She co-edited \u003ci\u003eCollaboration in Performance Practice: Premises, Workings and Failures (\u003c\/i\u003ePalgrave Macmillan, 2016) and published a series of writings related to her long-term research with British choreographer Rosemary Butcher, as well as on questions concerning cross-cultural collaborations. She recently co-facilitated a conversation series entitled 'Performing Solidarity' and co-runs the Politicised Artistic Practices Research Initiative at the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at Middlesex University. She is an editorial team member of Contemporary Theatre Review 'Interventions' and sits on the editorial board of the Choreographic Practices Journal.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 February 2028\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350295230\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51522031911052,"sku":"9781350295230","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_90152874-3e53-48a6-83a1-35b1647b53bd.jpg?v=1784754055","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350295230","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}