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New Dramaturgy: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice

Recent shifts in the theatrical landscape have had corresponding implications for dramaturgy. The way we think about theatre and performance today has changed our approaches to theatre making and composition. Emerging new aesthetics and new areas of dramaturgical work such as live art, devised and physical theatre, experimental performance, and dance demand new approaches and sensibilities.

Katalin Trencsényi (ed.); Bernadette Cochrane (ed.). New Dramaturgy: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice. Vol. 13. Londn; New Delhi; New York; Sydney: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014.

Recent shifts in the theatrical landscape have had corresponding implications for dramaturgy. The way we think about theatre and performance today has changed our approaches to theatre making and composition. Emerging new aesthetics and new areas of dramaturgical work such as live art, devised and physical theatre, experimental performance, and dance demand new approaches and sensibilities.