Reviews
Katalin Trencsényi's Dramaturgy in the Making is a welcome, wide-ranging discussion of dramaturgy, featuring historical overviews, geographic diversity, and contemporary case studies in both theatre and dance. It is refreshing and informative to have so many developmental processes described in detail and to hear the varying points of view about dramaturgy from core collaborators within the process., "By introducing dramaturg Mira Rafalowicz's four-stage concept (exploration of the field, creating and shaping the material, finding a shape, performance gains its own life), Trencsenyi is able to paint a broad comparative picture of different Western practices while still structuring and contextualizing the multiple voices and trying to find and formulate patterns and threads that connect the practices ranging from text-based and devised theatre to dance dramaturgies. In this, the monograph offers an alternative to the often quite eclectic ways in which edited collections present accounts on rehearsal practices." - Ann-Christine Simke, Theatre Research International "Katalin Trencsnyi's Dramaturgy in the Making is a welcome, wide-ranging discussion of dramaturgy, featuring historical overviews, geographic diversity, and contemporary case studies in both theatre and dance. It is refreshing and informative to have so many developmental processes described in detail and to hear the varying points of view about dramaturgy from core collaborators within the process." -- DD Kugler, Simon Fraser University, Canada " Dramaturgy in the Making ... signals a generational shift. It assumes that for many answering the founding question - "What is dramaturgy?" - is no longer the central challenge for the field. It addresses instead a new and, for many of us, most welcome focus: exploring the rich range of practices found in the lives of individuals who have again and again demonstrated in their work as theatre artists why dramaturgy matters." -- Geoff Proehl, University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, USA, "Katalin Trencsényi's Dramaturgy in the Making is a welcome, wide-ranging discussion of dramaturgy, featuring historical overviews, geographic diversity, and contemporary case studies in both theatre and dance. It is refreshing and informative to have so many developmental processes described in detail and to hear the varying points of view about dramaturgy from core collaborators within the process." -- DD Kugler, Simon Fraser University, Canada " Dramaturgy in the Making ... signals a generational shift. It assumes that for many answering the founding question - "What is dramaturgy?" - is no longer the central challenge for the field. It addresses instead a new and, for many of us, most welcome focus: exploring the rich range of practices found in the lives of individuals who have again and again demonstrated in their work as theatre artists why dramaturgy matters." -- Geoff Proehl, University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, USA, "By introducing dramaturg Mira Rafalowicz's four-stage concept (exploration of the field, creating and shaping the material, finding a shape, performance gains its own life), Trencs´enyi is able to paint a broad comparative picture of different Western practices while still structuring and contextualizing the multiple voices and trying to find and formulate patterns and threads that connect the practices ranging from text-based and devised theatre to dance dramaturgies. In this, the monograph offers an alternative to the often quite eclectic ways in which edited collections present accounts on rehearsal practices." - Ann-Christine Simke, Theatre Research International "Katalin Trencsényi's Dramaturgy in the Making is a welcome, wide-ranging discussion of dramaturgy, featuring historical overviews, geographic diversity, and contemporary case studies in both theatre and dance. It is refreshing and informative to have so many developmental processes described in detail and to hear the varying points of view about dramaturgy from core collaborators within the process." -- DD Kugler, Simon Fraser University, Canada " Dramaturgy in the Making ... signals a generational shift. It assumes that for many answering the founding question - "What is dramaturgy?" - is no longer the central challenge for the field. It addresses instead a new and, for many of us, most welcome focus: exploring the rich range of practices found in the lives of individuals who have again and again demonstrated in their work as theatre artists why dramaturgy matters." -- Geoff Proehl, University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, USA
