Author : Jon Foley Sherman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317440978
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Book Synopsis A Strange Proximity by : Jon Foley Sherman
Download or read book A Strange Proximity written by Jon Foley Sherman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens in the relationship between audience and performer? What choices are made in the space of performance about how we attend to others? A Strange Proximity examines stage presence as key to thinking about performance and ethics. It is the first phenomenological account of ethics generated from, rather than applied to, contemporary theatrical productions. The ethical possibilities of the stage, argues Jon Foley Sherman, rest not so much in its objects—the performers and the show itself—as in the “how” of attending to others. A Strange Proximity is a unique perspective on the implications of attention in performance.