Trans-Global Readings Crossing Theatrical Boundaries

This book provides a forum for a wide range of theatre, music and performance artists to talk about where they stand in relation to new technologies, intercultural collaborations, and the making of interdisciplinary work. Looking at how time, space and memory play an active role in shaping different artistic visions, editor Caridad Svich has gathered the voices of unique and dynamic artists including Tim Etchells, Rinde Eckert, Richard Foreman, Peter Gabriel, David Greig, Guillermo Gomez-Pentilde;a, Phelim McDermott and Peter Sellars as a way to examine the impact of globalisation on the creation and development of new work.

Caridad Svich is a member playwright of New Dramatists in New York City.

List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * The Dynamics of Fractals: Legacies For a New Tomorrow--Caridad Svich * Intersection, Crossover and Convergence: Fluidity in Contemporary Arts--Michael Cerveris * Crossing Media * Witness and Witnessed--Rinde Eckert in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Chasing Ruins--Tim Etchells in Conversation with Caridad Svich * A Singular Vision of Hope--Richard Foreman in Conversation with Caridad Svich * A Synesthetic Response--Peter Gabriel in Conversation with Caridad Svich * A Natural Force--John Jesurun in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Between Technology and Emotion--Mikel Rouse in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Weaving the 'Live' and Mediated--Marianne Weems in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Inside and Outside of the Academy--Maury Yeston in Conversation with Michael Cerveris * Crossing Culture * Towards Translocalism: Latino Theatre in the New United States--Ricardo Bracho and Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas in Conversation with Jose Esteban Muñoz * Honouring Mystery--Migdalia Cruz in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Light in the Midst of Darkness--Dah Teatar's Dijana Milosevic and Kathy Randels in Conversation with Lisa D'Amour * Navigating the Minefields of Utopia--Guillermo Gomez Peña and Lisa Wolford in Dialogue * An Advocate For Change--Tanika Gupta in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Communing with Culture--Chiori Miyagawa in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Crossing Language * The Landscape Remembers You--Hilary Bell From an Interview with Naomi Wallace * Light, Memory and Other Questions--A Correspondence Between Jim Clayburgh and Matthew Maguire * Evanescent Truth--Erik Ehn in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Reshaping Myth--Joanna Laurens in Conversation with Caridad Svich * in Search of a Common Language--Susan Yankowitz in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Crossing Bodies * Strange Behavio[U]R, Jr--Stephen J. Bottoms and Julie Laffin in Conversation * A Sense of Place--Peter Dubois in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Working in Partnership--David Greig in Conversation with Isabel Wright * Dreaming Out Loud--Phelim Mcdermott in Conversation with Caridad Svich * A Fixer Between Living and Dead Artists--Nick Philippou in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Hidden Worlds: On Artists and Collaborators--Peter Sellars in Conversation with Maria Delgado * Active Sound--Darron L. West in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Afterword * Contemporary Dramatic Writings and the New Technologies--Patrice Pavis, Translated by Joel Anderson * Notes on Contributors * Select Bibliography * Index
List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * The Dynamics of Fractals: Legacies For a New Tomorrow--Caridad Svich * Intersection, Crossover and Convergence: Fluidity in Contemporary Arts--Michael Cerveris * Crossing Media * Witness and Witnessed--Rinde Eckert in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Chasing Ruins--Tim Etchells in Conversation with Caridad Svich * A Singular Vision of Hope--Richard Foreman in Conversation with Caridad Svich * A Synesthetic Response--Peter Gabriel in Conversation with Caridad Svich * A Natural Force--John Jesurun in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Between Technology and Emotion--Mikel Rouse in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Weaving the 'Live' and Mediated--Marianne Weems in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Inside and Outside of the Academy--Maury Yeston in Conversation with Michael Cerveris * Crossing Culture * Towards Translocalism: Latino Theatre in the New United States--Ricardo Bracho and Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas in Conversation with Jose Esteban Muñoz * Honouring Mystery--Migdalia Cruz in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Light in the Midst of Darkness--Dah Teatar's Dijana Milosevic and Kathy Randels in Conversation with Lisa D'Amour * Navigating the Minefields of Utopia--Guillermo Gomez Peña and Lisa Wolford in Dialogue * An Advocate For Change--Tanika Gupta in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Communing with Culture--Chiori Miyagawa in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Crossing Language * The Landscape Remembers You--Hilary Bell From an Interview with Naomi Wallace * Light, Memory and Other Questions--A Correspondence Between Jim Clayburgh and Matthew Maguire * Evanescent Truth--Erik Ehn in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Reshaping Myth--Joanna Laurens in Conversation with Caridad Svich * in Search of a Common Language--Susan Yankowitz in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Crossing Bodies * Strange Behavio[U]R, Jr--Stephen J. Bottoms and Julie Laffin in Conversation * A Sense of Place--Peter Dubois in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Working in Partnership--David Greig in Conversation with Isabel Wright * Dreaming Out Loud--Phelim Mcdermott in Conversation with Caridad Svich * A Fixer Between Living and Dead Artists--Nick Philippou in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Hidden Worlds: On Artists and Collaborators--Peter Sellars in Conversation with Maria Delgado * Active Sound--Darron L. West in Conversation with Caridad Svich * Afterword * Contemporary Dramatic Writings and the New Technologies--Patrice Pavis, Translated by Joel Anderson * Notes on Contributors * Select Bibliography * Index