A Strange Proximity

Stage Presence, Failure, and the Ethics of Attention
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-90776-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

What happens in the relationship between audience and performer? What

choices are made in the space of performance about how we attend to

others?

A Strange Proximity examines stage presence as key to thinking about

performance and ethics. It is the first phenomenological account of ethics

generated from, rather than applied to, contemporary theatrical productions.

The ethical possibilities of the stage, argues Jon Foley Sherman, rest not

so much in its objects—the performers and the show itself—as in the “how”

of attending to others. A Strange Proximity is a unique perspective on the

implications of attention in performance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foley Sherman, Jon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. May I Have Your Attention

2. Mimicry and the Urgency of Differences

3. A Unique Phenomenon of Distance

4. Disorienting

5. The Ground of Ethical Failure

Über Autor(innen)

Jon Foley Sherman is a teacher, scholar, performer, and director. He is co-editor of Performance and Phenomenology (Routledge 2015), and his articles have apeared in Performance Research, New Theatre Quarterly, and Theatre Topics. An award-winning actor and deviser, he has performed in Chicago, New York, Switzerland, and Washington, DC.