ePub Developments in Structural Form by Rowland Mainstone in Arts-Photography

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Goat Island are one of the worldrsquo;s leading contemporary performance ensembles. Their intimate; low-tech; intensely physical performances represent a unique hybrid of strategies and techniques drawn from live art; experimental theatre and postmodern dance. Small Acts of Repair: Performance; Ecology and Goat Island; is the first book to document and critique the companyrsquo;s performances; processes; politics; aesthetics; and philosophies. It reflects on the companyrsquo;s work through the critical lens of ecology ndash; an emerging and urgent concern in performance studies and elsewhere.This collage text combines and juxtaposes writing by company members and arts commentators; to look in detail at Goat Islandrsquo;s distinctive collaborative processes and the reception of their work in performance. The book includes a section of practical workshop exercises and thoughts on teaching drawn from the companyrsquo;s extensive experience; providing an invaluable classroom resource.By documenting the creative processes of this extraordinary company; this book will make an important contribution to the critical debates surrounding contemporary performance practices. In so doing; it pays compelling tribute to committed art-making; creativity; collaboration; and the nature of the possible.