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On the Origins of Theater

Author: Search for this author Kocur, Miroslaw (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Miroslaw Kocur ; translated by David Malcom
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Year: 2016
Publisher: Frankfurt, Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Series: Interdisciplinary studies in performance; Vol. 4
Media group: E-Book
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This book presents an interdisciplinary investigation into the emergence of the actor and theater. Scholarship helps us to realize how we have evolved to who we are today and to understand the transformative power of performance. The author proposes to boost and advance theater studies by reviewing new research in anthropology, archaeology, paleoanthropology, classics, ethnography, physics, cognitive science, neuroscience, theater anthropology and performance studies. Referring to his fieldwork in Bali and Tibet, and to his professional experience in theater, the author explains the role of bipedality, toolmaking and trance in the evolution of the performer, examines the performativity of space and writing, and argues that ancient culture emerged from dance.

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Author: Search for this author Kocur, Miroslaw (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Miroslaw Kocur ; translated by David Malcom
Medium identifier: SKI
Year: 2016
Publisher: Frankfurt, Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Works included: Introduction: Cultural practices on Bali / Chapter 1: On the origins of the performer / Chapter 2: Paleo performances, Chapter 3: On the origins of the theatre structures / Chapter 4: The theater of writing / Chapter 5: Dance as a source of drama / Conclusion: Source performances in the time of globalization
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ISBN: 978-3-631-66570-1
ISBN (2nd): 3-631-66570-9
Description: 1 Online-Ressource (340 pages)
Series: Interdisciplinary studies in performance; Vol. 4
Tags: Theater; Interdisziplinarität; Theatergeschichte; Dramaturgie; SchauspielerInnen; Tanzgeschichte; Anthropologie
Participating parties: Search for this character Malcolm, David (translator)
Language: Englisch
Media group: E-Book