The Motional Improvisation of Al Wunder

Auteur

H.R. Elliott is a movement artist and educator who has performed and taught in Australia, Germany, the UK and the US. She has directed a large number of physical theatre projects and is currently an Affiliate at the University of Huddersfield in Yorkshire.

Texte du rabat

The Motional Improvisation of Al Wunder takes readers on a journey through the life history, creative genealogies and unique working processes of one of the master teachers of Euro-American postmodern movement-based improvisational performance who has, until now, received scant critical attention.

Contenu

Introduction PART I: I wonder 1. Creative genealogies 2. Theatre of the Ordinary 3. The dancing drummer 4. Shifting place PART II: Pedagogical foundations 5. Positive feedback and power sources 6. Developing a descriptive language PART III: Structures 7. Basic, Necessary and Clarifying Articulators 8. The Four Modes: Pedestrian, Character, Caricature and Abstract 9. Four possible ways of entertaining an audience: Expertise, being beautiful or profound, humour and challenge 10. Word/body PART IV: Lived experience 11. Beyond Wunder Concluding note