A Strange Proximity

Jon Foley Sherman

ISBN 10: 1138907774 / ISBN 13: 9781138907775

Published by Routledge 2016-04-14, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Strange Proximity
• Publisher: Routledge 2016-04-14
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138907774
• ISBN 13: 9781138907775
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jon Foley Sherman is a teacher, scholar, performer, and director. He is co-editor of Performance and Phenomenology (Routledge 2015), and his articles have apeared in Performance Research, New Theatre Quarterly, and Theatre Topics. An award-winning actor and deviser, he has performed in Chicago, New York, Switzerland, and Washington, DC.