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n recent years, the post structuralist theories seem to have created a split in theatrological research. But, as André Helbo analyses in this book , a dialectic theory of the semiotic and the symbolic exchange bring to light a specific paradigm. From his wide experience as a semiotician and a theatrologist, the author has developed an analysis for the theory of spectacle. Focusing his study on a critical theory of the performing arts, and examining the fundamental controversies, he then offers new perspectives and new instruments of analysis: the social aspects, readability/visibility, coheren

Performing arts --- Philosophy. --- Semiotics. --- Theatrical science --- 792 --- 792:003 --- 792.01 --- #SBIB:309H503 --- #SBIB:309H240 --- 792.01 Theater: theorie; esthetica --- Theater: theorie; esthetica --- 792:003 Semiotiek in het toneel --- Semiotiek in het toneel --- 792 Theater. Theaterwetenschap. Toneel --- Theater. Theaterwetenschap. Toneel --- Semiotiek, semiologie --- Andere media (theater, plastische kunsten, strips, affiches, speelautomaten...) --- Arts du spectacle --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- 792 Theatre. Stagecraft. Dramatic performances --- Theatre. Stagecraft. Dramatic performances --- Semiotics

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This book is concerned with the analysis of the theatrical event and all of the elements that make up a performance—the text, the actor, the space, the spectator, the social circumstances. Theatre should be the most approachable of the arts, but it is a complex phenomenon that has proven difficult to study. Here, an international group of scholars approaches theatre—viewed in its traditional guise as a physical enactment of a text before spectators—from a variety of directions and using different methodologies. While there is a general orientation toward semiotic analysis, historical, sociological, and anthropological approaches are represented as well. Conceived as an introduction to performance studies, Approaching Theatre provides both an overview of current theory as well as new tools for analyzing performances. Included are case studies of productions by Peter Brook, Antoine Vitez, Pina Bausch, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. These studies suggest how the range of theoretical approaches offered in this book might be profitably applied to specific studies of theatrical performance.

Theater --- Philosophy. --- Production and direction. --- Directing (Theater) --- Play direction (Theater) --- Play production (Theater) --- Direction --- Film: styles & genres