Performing Collaboration in Solo Performance: A Duet Without You and Practice as Research (Playtext)

ISBN 10: 178320995X / ISBN 13: 9781783209958

Published by Intellect Ltd, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Performing Collaboration in Solo Performance: A Duet Without You and Practice as Research (Playtext)
• Publisher: Intellect Ltd
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178320995X
• ISBN 13: 9781783209958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book investigates performance practice and practice-as-research methodology on the issues of authorship and collaborative labor in a world characterized by fragmentation, displacement, and virtual relationships. It addresses the following questions: What is a collaborative body? How can one sole performer enact and convey a collaborative practice? How can one body on stage carry out several voices at once? How can one maintain a sense of community while being alone in a room?

Performing Collaboration in Solo Performance presents the full-length definitive version of the performance score from Chloé Déchery’s original performance piece entitled A Duet Without You, created between 2013 and 2015 in collaboration with a range of high-profile artists including Karen Christopher, Michael Pinchbeck, Deborah Pearson, Simone Kenyon, and Pedro Ins. A collection of essays by preeminent writers, artists, and academics in the field complement the original performance scores, ranging from performative responses to in-depth theoretical essays. Bridging practical experiment and theoretical examination, this innovative interdisciplinary volume will appeal to anyone working in between artistic practices and scholarly research. 

About the Author

Chloé Déchery is a lecturer in theater and performance studies at the University of Paris 8 in Saint-Denis, France. Her research interests include everyday corporeality and embodiment in contemporary performance, experimental theater, and choreography in Europe.