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1 online resource (304 pages, C48 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
Cape Town's Magnet Theatre has been a positive force in south African theatre for three decades, a crucial space for theatre, education,performance, and community throughout a turbulent period in south African history. offering a dialogue between internal and external perspectives, as well as perspectives from performers, artists, and scholars, this book analyses Magnet's many productions and presents a rich compendium of the work of one of the most vital physical theatre companies in Africa. Co-publication with UNIsA Press. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1 Plotting the Magnetic Field: Origins and Trajectories Megan Lewis and Anton Krueger -- Production History -- pt. ONE Concepts: Making Space for Ideas -- Colour Photographs: 1987-2009 -- ch. 2 Making Space for Ideas: The Knowledge Work of Magnet Theatre Mark Fleishman -- ch. 3 An Activist Company Inventing a Future: A Conversation with Neo Muyanga -- ch. 4 `Being There': The Evolution of Performance Aesthetics from Medea (1994-96) to The Magnet Theatre `Migration' Plays (2012) Miki Flockemann -- ch. 5 Full Gamut of an Ideal Company: A Conversation with Jay Pather -- ch. 6 Implacable Grandeur of the Stranger: Ruminations on Fear and Familiarity in Die Vreemdeling [The Stranger] (2010) Anton Krueger -- ch. 7 Theatre That Can Organize, Mobilize, Conscientize: A Conversation with Mandla Mbothwe -- pt. TWO Collaboration: Making Space for Empbodied Practice -- Colour Photographs: 2010-2015 -- ch. 8 Performing the Language of the Body in My Mother Tongue: A Conversation with Faniswa Yisa -- ch. 9 Magnet Theatre and the Moving Body Jennie Reznek -- ch. 10 Ideas Dying to be Born: A Conversation with Craig Leo -- ch. 11 Creative Flow of Arresting, Exquisite Fabric: A Conversation with Illka Louw -- ch. 12 Embodied Practice that Troubles Fixed Narratives of Identity, History and Memory Yvette Hutchison -- ch. 13 Magnet's Recipe for Considered, Conscious Theatre-Making: A Conversation with Frances Marek -- ch. 14 Performance Labours of Magnet and Jazzart's Cargo (2007) Megan Lewis -- pt. THREE Community: Making Space for Cultural Interventions -- Clanwilliam Photoessay -- ch. 15 Making Space for Community: Magnet Theatre Intervenes' in Khayelitsha / Gay Morris -- ch. 16 Vividly Feeling the Extremes of Being in the World: A Conversation with Margie Pankhurst -- ch. 17 By Telling Stories We Can Learn Something from Life: A Conversation with Thando Doni -- ch. 18 Catalysing a Community: Magnet's Clanwilliam Community Intervention Project Lavona de Bruyn -- ch. 19 Bursting the Bubble of Play: Making Space for Intercultural Dialogue / Elliot Leffler -- ch. 20 Keeping Theatre Alive in the Community: A Conversation with Zwelakhe Khuse -- ch. 21 Magnet Never Forgets its People: A Conversation with Nolovuyo Sam. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Magnet Theatre.
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Magnet Theatre. |
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Theatrical companies -- South Africa -- Cape Town.
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Theatrical companies. |
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South Africa -- Cape Town. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lewis, Megan, 1968- editor.
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Krueger, Anton Robert, editor.
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| Added Title |
Magnet Theater |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Magnet Theatre. Bristol, UK : Intellect ; Pretoria : UNISA, Univeristy of South Africa Press, 2016 9781783205370 (OCoLC)919192677 |
| ISBN |
9781783205387 (electronic book) |
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1783205385 (electronic book) |
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9781783205370 |
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1783205377 |
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9781868888351 |
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1868888355 |
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9781783205394 (electronic book) |
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1783205393 (electronic book) |
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