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OverviewWhat properties of light can be manipulated for aesthetic effect? What role does the perception of the audience play in how stage information is received and processed? How do changes in technology affect methods or approaches to design and practice? This book is designed to introduce key ideas about light and to generate questions and perspectives that will encourage readers to explore light in the theatre more fully in their own critical and creative practices. Examining the theories behind stage lighting practice to help students learn to analyse the aesthetic and critical impacts of light in performance, this book traces the development of lighting practice by focusing on important shifts in technology and aesthetics from the classical period to the modern era. Central to this study are ideas developed by ‘New Stagecraft’ theorists and designers Adolphe Appia, Edward Gordon Craig and Robert Edmond Jones. Case studies include semiotic approaches to Loïe Fuller’s combination of light, movement and costume, Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach and Tadashi Suzuki’s The Trojan Women. Further case studies including the installation work of James Turrell and Refik Anadol, the Winston Salem Light Project and David Byrne’s American Utopia, examine the use of light in theatrical and non-theatrical spaces by focusing on phenomenology, community engagement and the evolution of lighting technology. A companion website features links to images, chapter summaries, questions and further resources for study. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Dean Wilcox (The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, USA) , Kim Solga (Professor of Theatre Studies, Western University, Canada) , Susan Bennett (University of Calgary, Canada)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Methuen Drama Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781350374768ISBN 10: 1350374768 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 25 July 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Light, Colour and Perception SECTION ONE From Natural to Artificial Light The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and The Duchess of Malfi Henry Irving, Gaslight and The Bells Lighting in The Modern Era: Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard The New Stagecraft Symbolist Drama and The Intruder: A Complex Engagement Beneath the Surface SECTION TWO From Modernism to the Postmodern Era A Semiotic Approach to Performance Analysis Case Study: Loïe Fuller: Dancing with Light Case Study: Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach Case Study: Tadashi Suzuki’s The Trojan Women SECTION THREE From the Gallery to the Community to the Stage Case Study: James Turrell: Light, Space, Perception and Duration Case Study: The Winston Salem Light Project: Seeing Familiar Spaces in Unfamiliar Ways Case Study Refik Anadol: Light, Space and Artificial Intelligence Case Study: David Byrne’s American Utopia: Live Theatre and Emergent Technology Notes References Further Reading IndexReviewsThis book will help anyone who is serious about lighting design to think more deeply about the “why” of what we do when we put light on stages and elsewhere, which can only be a good thing. * Nick Moran, Central School of Speech & Drama and The Association for Lighting and Production Design, UK * Author InformationDean Wilcox is Professor of Theatre History, Dramatic Literature and Humanities in the Division of Liberal Arts at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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