{"product_id":"getting-off-lee-breuer-on-performance-paperback","title":"Getting Off: Lee Breuer on Performance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Nunns\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLee Breuer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince he first arrived on the New York art\/theatre\/performance scene in 1970, Lee Breuer has been at the forefront of the American theatrical avant-garde, creating challenging works both independently and with Mabou Mines, the company he co-founded with JoAnne Akalaitis, Philip Glass, Ruth Maleczech, and David Warrilow. By blending disciplines and techniques from widely different cultures, he has created a unique performance genre fusing sound and musical components, visual arts, and arresting movement\/dance\/puppetry into a groundbreaking form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreuer's work as a director includes radical adaptations of major works, such as his celebrated stagings of \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Ones\u003c\/em\u003e by Samuel Beckett, \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel at Colonus\u003c\/em\u003e, inspired by Sophocles, a gender-reversed \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e, and a revolutionary reinterpretation of Ibsen with \u003cem\u003eMabou Mines DollHouse\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreuer has also been a prolific writer who redefines the concept of character and the use of biography in such works as \u003cem\u003eThe Shaggy Dog Animation, A Prelude to Death in Venice, Hajj, Ecco Porco\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLa Divina Caricatura\u003c\/em\u003e in a distinctive American voice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this volume, theatre historian and journalist Stephen Nunns has assembled a unique look into one of contemporary theatre's most singular creative minds. Using interviews and excerpts from Breuer's writings, with added historical commentary, the thrilling result is equal parts autobiography, artistic manifesto, and critical exploration. Extensively illustrated with photographs of his work from around the world, this is a one-of-a-kind portrait of the artist and theatrical activist at work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLee Breuer\u003c\/strong\u003e (Chevalier and MacArthur Fellow) is a writer and director whose work expands the boundaries of storytelling in the theatre. He is a founding artistic director of Mabou Mines. \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel at Colonus\u003c\/em\u003e, his unprecedented merger of Greek theatre and gospel service, is now a classic of the contemporary stage, as is his post-Brechtian production \u003cem\u003eMabou Mines DollHouse\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Nunns\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor at Towson University. From 1996 to 2000, he was an associate editor at \u003cem\u003eAmerican Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and his writing has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771570487584,"sku":"9781559365338","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cfdc1ec59e6b9773786b3a3c9faf60cd.webp?v=1780388661","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/getting-off-lee-breuer-on-performance-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}