Essays about: "contemporary theatre"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words contemporary theatre.
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1. Performing Mother and Daughter : A Postdramatic Performance Analysis of Three Contemporary Theatre Productions
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : This master’s thesis is concerned with the portrayal of motherhood and mother-daughter relationships on stage. By conducting performance analyses of three separate contemporary performances, all focused on mother-daughter relationships, the thesis investigates the creation of mother and daughter on stage. READ MORE
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2. Politics of(f) stage. Investigating the mechanisms of political theatre
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikationAbstract : This thesis takes its point of departure in the argument that theatre as a medium has largely been overlooked by the field of political communication. The focus of this study is therefore to place attention on theatre from a political communication perspective. READ MORE
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3. ARTivistic strategies
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : This is a reflection on contemporary performance work and it’s various strategies and methods in the interdisciplinary field of theatre, dance and performance art. Researching performative art in public space I’m posing the question; how can one develop new artistic strategies and arenas for dialog in and with our current society? By mapping my own practice and selected works, I emphasise the position of working outside of the theatre institutions and venues. READ MORE
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4. About tricks, sensations and relationships- A collection of thoughts on performing, exhibiting skill and creating in contemporary circus.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : This is a reflection and exploration of creation as a contemporary circus artist today, from the point of view of the same (I am a rope walker). To give myself a compass during the research I have worked with a few questions: What is the function of the trick? How do I and other artist relate to our creating selves and bodies? And how can we use knowledge from other fields such as marketing- and social psychology or service side jobs, to look at our creation from another angle? These questions are explored through looking into marketing- and social psychology, the words of other creators, doing interviews and looking at the way I interact with the practice myself. READ MORE
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5. Practically Human. : Performing Social Robots and Feminist Aspects on Agency, Body and Gender.
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema GenusAbstract : Through an experimental theatre play, this thesis explores the development of human-like agency in contemporary “social robot” technology. The entrance point of this study is the gender gap and lack of diversity in contemporary AI/robot development, with an emerging need for interdisciplinary research across robot technology and social sciences. READ MORE
