Contemporary French Theatre and Performance

Contents

• List of illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction
• C.Finburgh & C.Lavery PART I: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH THEATRE From Mise en Scene of Texte to Performance of 'Textual Material'
• D.Bradby The Spirit of a Place: Place in Contemporary French Performance
• M.Corvin The Landscaped Narratives of Philippe Minyana and Noelle
• C.Hersant The Politics of Dramaturgy in France
• C.Finburgh An Unlikely Scene: French Theatre in the New Liberal Economy
• J-P.Han The Construction and Production of Performance
• R.Cantarella Performing Presence, Affirming Difference: Deleuze and the Minor Theatres of Georges Lavaudant and Carmelo Bene
• L.Cull Theatre du Grabuge: Ethics, Politics and Community
• B.Hamidi Amateurism and the 'DIY' Aesthetic: Grand Magasin and Philippe Quesne
• C.Dechery PART II: CONTEMPORARY FRENCH PERFORMANCE From Orlan to Bernhardt: Recycling French Feminism, Theatre and Performance
• E.Aston Performance and Poetry: Crossed Destinies
• E.Vautrin Breaking Down the Walls: Interventionist Performance Strategies in French Street Theatre
• S.Haedicke Montage and Detournement in Contemporary Moving Image Performance
• C.Lavery Xavier Le Roy: The Dissenting Choreography of One Frenchman Less
• B.Cvejic A Theological Turn? French Postmodern Dance and Herman Diephuis' D'Apres J C
• N.Stewart How to Collaborate With Someone you may Never Meet
• A.Corrieri Apres Toutes Ces Elles/After All This Else: 'New' French Feminisms Translated to the British Scene
• G.Harris Index