Being There: After-Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies: Recent submissions
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Stage Directions and Spatial Mapping on the Elizabethan Stage
Published 2008-06-17This paper will discuss initial work that points to a degree of directionality in some Elizabethan stage directions: they are not merely telling the actors to enter and exit the stage, but may in addition be indicating ...Open AccessConference paper -
‘Post-Dramatic’ Stress: Negotiating vulnerability for performance
Published 2008-06-17The greatest accolade given to actors is that of bravery rather than technical competency. We admire actors who ‘lose themselves’ in a role or who ‘expose’ themselves through their vulnerable portrayals. Yet at what cost? ...Open AccessConference paper -
Taking Ethnographic Film Back
Published 2008-06-17This presentation invites questions about the way performance objects manifest cosmological unity. “[T]he framework of the crosses is the bone, ornad, of the ancestor-dancer, while the wool is the flesh of the ancestor-dancer’s ...Open AccessConference paper -
The New Woman in the New World: Ibsen in Australia 1889-1891
Published 2008-06-17In 1889, when Janet Achurch brought 'A Doll’s House' by Henrik Ibsen to Australian and New Zealand audiences for the first time, there was an expectation that this play would send shock waves throughout the Antipodes as ...Open AccessConference paper -
'Eftermaele': That Which Remains After the Event. a Panel Discussion concerning the use of video in the Documentation of Live Performance
Published 2008-06-17An introduction to a panel discussion on the video documentation of live performance.Open AccessConference paper