Antonio Gramsci, Mikhail Bakhtin, Andre Breton...?
(whoops. Is my marxism slipping?)
Any influences from Laurie Anderson? Antonin Artaud (and his ever-so-special,
theatre of cruelty? [tsk! just like a man!]) ...[kidddiiinnggg]
How about John Cage? Roland Barthes?
Have you ever read
Isadora Duncan's (1928)
"The
Dancer of the Future" from her book "The Art of Dance"?
Can you tell me more *women/queer writers* in this area? because just listing
these names is making me feel like I've just been
[insert verb describing 'penetration' here].... but anyway, before I offend
anyone
again,
I'm not trying to put you on the spot here - it seems to me that drama and
theatre
offer powerful and compelling ways for thinking about the important questions
of identity as/in/ the "cultural" with/in the contexts of the "social" and
vicey-versa,
(as if they were distinct?)... rebel/guerrilla theeatre, and so on...
Certainly theories of "performance" play well in terms of our
"everyday" interactions -
the implications of the everyday use of the word "theatrics" when
describing someone (usually meaning "hysterical") -
and
as an intervention, especially in forms of articulation
for marginalized/minority groups, I think drama and theatre are potent
tools...
my own artisitic work tends to lean more towards the "theatre of cruelty" model,
because I think that too much of theatre/drama is about complacency
in the guise of entertainment... you know,
(for goddess's sake! don't make me THINK about anything!!!)
or summat to that effect. I like to disturb folks, similar to Walter Benjamin's
use of the "quotation" as a way for "interrupting" discourse (and maybe
you witnessed the effect of that recently here on xmca? ah. but I digress...)
Brecht's work, too, influences
a lot of what appeals to me about theatre as a tool, although Brecht certainly
has his problems (like, can u say self-centred misogynist alcoholic?)...
anyway, I'd be so interested in hearing more about where you go with your
work... theatre and drama are. as far as I'm concerned, a veritable
sociocultural
toybox!!!!
diane (is my enthusiasm showing?) ;-)
ooh ooh ! how about Guy Debord? (chicks! we need more chick names!!!)