The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being WatchedOxford University Press, 30.4.2008 - 272 sivua What is unique and essential about theater? What separates it from other arts? Do we need "theater" in some fundamental way? The art of theater, as Paul Woodruff says in this elegant and unique book, is as necessary - and as powerful - as language itself. Defining theater broadly, including sporting events and social rituals, he treats traditional theater as only one possibility in an art that - at its most powerful - can change lives and (as some peoples believe) bring a divine presence to earth. The Necessity of Theater analyzes the unique power of theater by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practiced together in harmony by watchers and the watched. Whereas performers practice the art of being watched - making their actions worth watching, and paying attention to action, choice, plot, character, mimesis, and the sacredness of performance space - audiences practice the art of watching: paying close attention. A good audience is emotionally engaged as spectators; their engagement takes a form of empathy that can lead to a special kind of human wisdom. As Plato implied, theater cannot teach us transcendent truths, but it can teach us about ourselves. Characteristically thoughtful, probing, and original, Paul Woodruff makes the case for theater as a unique form of expression connected to our most human instincts. The Necessity of Theater should appeal to anyone seriously interested or involved in theater or performance more broadly. |
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... audience. In ones and twos, they are performing for each other. These watchers are an ideal audience for young teenagers, and these performers' acting out is perfectly calibrated to seize the attention of their young audience. The grown ...
... audience. In ones and twos, they are performing for each other. These watchers are an ideal audience for young teenagers, and these performers' acting out is perfectly calibrated to seize the attention of their young audience. The grown ...
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... audience should use their art to find Estragon worth watching, at the same time as the performers use theirs to make him worth watching. But we have two different groups in this hall. The youngsters do not know how to be an audience for ...
... audience should use their art to find Estragon worth watching, at the same time as the performers use theirs to make him worth watching. But we have two different groups in this hall. The youngsters do not know how to be an audience for ...
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... audience. A few years ago he was grateful for his parents' attention, which meant life itself for him. But now he is six, and their ceaseless pressure on him to perform is irksome. They watch him and bring their friends to watch him ...
... audience. A few years ago he was grateful for his parents' attention, which meant life itself for him. But now he is six, and their ceaseless pressure on him to perform is irksome. They watch him and bring their friends to watch him ...
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... audience are silent for a while, before the applause begins. Prospero has overthrown his own charms, but we do not ... audience. Life would stop, if the play never does. The art of theater cues the audience that the performance is over ...
... audience are silent for a while, before the applause begins. Prospero has overthrown his own charms, but we do not ... audience. Life would stop, if the play never does. The art of theater cues the audience that the performance is over ...
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... audience. A dramatic chorus would live and practice together for a long time before their performance, and they would have to learn to move and sing as one. So the theater in Athens was a powerful source of unity. American college ...
... audience. A dramatic chorus would live and practice together for a long time before their performance, and they would have to learn to move and sing as one. So the theater in Athens was a powerful source of unity. American college ...
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