entitled Performance Studies Issues and Methods . Unit III: Total Performance (H42.2617) at New York University's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts in the 1990s ( Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Buckland 1997 ). After attending Halloween events during the week of
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Teatrum Mundi
Teaching Shakespeare Performance to Israeli Medical Students
Rebecca Gillis
native English speakers. I am also accompanied by a member of the medical faculty (Russian, Arab Israeli, Jewish Israeli) who is there to teach alongside me. In this article I explain these medical students’ participation in a Shakespeare performance
Shylock and the Nazis
Continuation or Reinvention?
Alessandra Bassey
article claimed that ‘Werner Krauss would be portraying a Shylock that broke with the performance traditions of the past 50 years’, that the director Lothar Müthel would transform the performance into a fairy-tale-like, enchanting comedy, and that Antonio
The Colonial State and Carnival
The Complexity and Ambiguity of Carnival in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Christoph Kohl
colonial authority. In this article, carnival, crises, mimesis, and colonial representations constitute the ‘ingredients’ of an inquiry into how the colonial state engaged with the threats of mimetic carnival performances. The analysis focuses on two
Voicing Pride and Futurity in the Age of A.I.
An Interview with Playwright Pao-Chang Tsai on Solo Date
Jing Chen and Pao-Chang Tsai
queer body in this work provides a core sample with which to examine the incorporation of queerness, futurism, and new media via theater performance. Solo Date has been praised for its critical interrogation of love and loss in an age of artificial
“Purely Artistic”
Police Power and Popular Culture in Colonial Algerian Theater
Danielle Beaujon
Arabic-speaking population of Algiers rubbed shoulders, but not everyone attended for the love of theater. Mixed among the eager spectators, a policeman attended the “Arab” performances at this (and every) theater in Algiers. For the actors, musicians
In Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 89–109
Flying above Bloodshed
Performative Protest in the Scared City of Damascus
Ziad Adwan
of interest. Indeed, elements from the fields of theater and performance were not prominent during the tension of the moment, yet demonstrations and flying demonstrations extended aspects of my theatrical career in Syria between 2009 and 2011, when I
Physically Distant – Socially Intimate
Reflecting on Public Performances of Resistance in a Pandemic Situation
Marion Hamm
-arranged during this public performance (Hamm 2020) under lockdown. Based on fieldnotes, online communication on the day, open-ended digital strolls and peer-to-peer communication, I constructed a thick description by contextualising ethnographic scenes around
James K. Beggan
space that privileges men relative to women and reinforces a conventional gender hierarchy. Simultaneously, however, external ejaculation foregrounds performance dynamics that normalize unrealistic expectations for men's sexuality that can, in turn
In Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 13–32
Negotiating Identities
Being “Boy,” Being “Filipino,” Being “Other”
Victoria Cann
In this article I draw on data gathered from focus groups hosted in the summer of 2012 and speak to the diverse literature within the field of masculinity studies. More specifically, I explore the role that race and place plays in the performance
