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PublisherTalonbooks, The Limited

ISBN-100889226172

ISBN-139780889226173

eBay Product ID (ePID)72959326

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Book TitleEx Machina : Creating for the Stage

Number of Pages84 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicTheater / General, General

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts

AuthorPatrick Caux, Bernard Gilbert

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal792.06/0714

SynopsisIn 1993 when Robert Lepage suggested to his colleagues that a specific identity and image be found for his next working group, he imposed one condition. The word "theatre" was not to be part of the name of the new company. This gorgeous full-colour book documents the results of that landmark decision: the dynamic creative arts company Ex Machina , constantly on the move in search of new forms of storytelling--from Lepage's own Dragon's Trilogy , through Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen for the Metropolitan Opera of New York, to Peter Gabriel's world tours, or Cirque du Soleil's Ka in Las Vegas . Its frenetic dynamism means the company must constantly move simultaneously between story draft and stagecraft as it invites audiences the world over to their theatrical experiments where technology is part of the human adventure. Onstage, hierarchies, methodologies and narrative codes are turned inside out to create a rich stage vocabulary, free of the conventional constraints of theatre. "The artists of Ex Machina believe that theatre craves new sources of inspiration," notes Michel Bernatchez, the company's producer. "What is needed is a commingling of the performing arts such as dance, opera and music with the recording arts such as cinema, video and multimedia. It calls for encounters between scientists and playwrights, between scenic artists and architects." Robert Lepage has said, "Theatre, like the world itself, evolves very rapidly, as do its practitioners and its audience. The influence of film and television and the new dramaturgical possibilities offered by multimedia have opened the way to new forms of expression and new languages of staging that have only barely been explored. It is thus not simply the content and form of theatre that we are questioning, but also the role theatre will play in the new exchange of ideas in the 21st century.", In 1993 when Robert Lepage suggested to his colleagues that a specific identity and image be found for his next working group, he imposed one condition. The word "theatre" was not to be part of the name of the new company. This gorgeous full-colour book documents the results of that landmark decision: the dynamic creative arts company Ex Machina , constantly on the move in search of new forms of storytelling--from Lepage's own Dragon's Trilogy , through Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen for the Metropolitan Opera of New York, to Peter Gabriel's world tours, or Cirque du Soleil's Kà in Las Vegas . Its frenetic dynamism means the company must constantly move simultaneously between story draft and stagecraft as it invites audiences the world over to their theatrical experiments where technology is part of the human adventure. Onstage, hierarchies, methodologies and narrative codes are turned inside out to create a rich stage vocabulary, free of the conventional constraints of theatre. "The artists of Ex Machina believe that theatre craves new sources of inspiration," notes Michel Bernatchez, the company's producer. "What is needed is a commingling of the performing arts such as dance, opera and music with the recording arts such as cinema, video and multimedia. It calls for encounters between scientists and playwrights, between scenic artists and architects." Robert Lepage has said, "Theatre, like the world itself, evolves very rapidly, as do its practitioners and its audience. The influence of film and television and the new dramaturgical possibilities offered by multimedia have opened the way to new forms of expression and new languages of staging that have only barely been explored. It is thus not simply the content and form of theatre that we are questioning, but also the role theatre will play in the new exchange of ideas in the 21st century.", This gorgeous full-colour book documents the dynamic creative arts company Ex Machina, including Robert Lepage's Dragon's Trilogy .

LC Classification NumberPN2306.Q4C3813 2009