Digital Theatre The Making and Meaning of Live Mediated Performance, US & UK 1990-2020

• Main Author: Masura, Nadja (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2020
• Subjects: Theater > Production and direction; Experimental theater; Theater > Technological innovations; Digital media; Performing arts > Technological innovations
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• Physical Description: xvi, 295 pages illustrations 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9783030556273; 3030556271

Digital Theatre is a rich and varied art form evolving between performing bodies gathered together in shared space and the ever-expanding flexible reach of the digital technology that shapes our world. This book explores live theatre performances which incorporate video projection, animation, motion capture and triggering, telematics and multisite performance, robotics, VR, and AR. Through examples from practitioners like George Coates, the Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre, Troika Ranch, David Saltz, Mark Reaney, The Builder's Association, and ArtGrid, a picture emerges of how and why digital technology can be used to effectively create theatre productions matching the storytelling and expressive needs of today's artists and audiences. It also examines how theatre roles such as director, actor, playwright, costumes, and set are altered, and how ideas of body, place, and community are expanded