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9781474236874 English 1474236871 Costume has the power to stun audiences with its beauty and pageantry, to create an authentic reality, and even to shock and disturb. This unique overview of costume for performance explores the ways in which the costumed body is fundamental in the construction of meaning for audiences and performers within a range of artistic, cultural, and historical contexts. Offering a fresh perspective on costume in fashion, art, and theatrics, Barbieri emphasizes costume's value as a topic for critical debate. Including numerous contemporary case studies ranging from the influential work of Julie Taymor, Martha Graham, and Leigh Bowery through to ballet, circus, and the spectacles of the Olympic ceremonies, the book also surveys costume's historical roots in ritual and traditional dance. With chapters exploring themes such as authenticity, the grotesque and exaggerated body, and technology in the post-dramatic era, Costume in Performance draws on global examples from ancient Greece to the surreal theatre of Switzerland to highlight how costume is approached internationally. Accessibly written and beautifully illustrated, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of costume design, fashion studies, performance studies, as well as practitioners., This beautifully illustrated book articulates the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding associations between contemporary practices and historical manifestations, costume is explored in six thematic chapters, examining the transformative ritual of costuming; choruses as reflective of society; the grotesque, transgressive costume; the female sublime as emancipation; costume as sculptural art in motion; and the here-and-now as history. Viewing the material costume as a crucial aspect in the preparation, presentation and reception of live performance, the book brings together costumed performances through history. These range from ancient Greece to modern experimental productions, from medieval theatre to modernist dance, from the 'fashion plays' to contemporary Shakespeare, marking developments in both culture and performance. Conveying the relationship between dress, the body and human existence, and acknowledging a global as well as an Anglo and Eurocentric perspective, this book reveals costume's ability to cross both geographical and disciplinary borders. Through it, we come to question the extent to which the material costume actually "co-authors" the performance itself, articulating embodied histories, states of being and never-before imagined futures, which come to life in the temporary space of the performance."With a contribution by Melissa Trimingham, University of Kent, UK", This beautifully illustrated book conveys the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding associations between contemporary practices and historical manifestations, costume is explored in six thematic chapters, examining the transformative ritual of costuming; choruses as reflective of society; the grotesque, transgressive costume; the female sublime as emancipation; costume as sculptural art in motion; and the here-and-now as history.Viewing the material costume as a crucial aspect in the preparation, presentation and reception of live performance, the book brings together costumed performances through history. These range from ancient Greece to modern experimental productions, from medieval theatre to modernist dance, from the 'fashion plays' to contemporary Shakespeare, marking developments in both culture and performance.Revealing the relationship between dress, the body and human existence, and acknowledging a global as well as an Anglo and Eurocentric perspective, this book shows costume's ability to cross both geographical and disciplinary borders. Through it, we come to question the extent to which the material costume actually co-authors the performance itself, speaking of embodied histories, states of being and never-before imagined futures, which come to life in the temporary space of the performance. With a contribution by Melissa Trimingham, University of Kent, UK, This overview of costume for performance explores how costume is fundamental in the construction of meaning for audiences and performers within a range of artistic, cultural, and historical contexts. Offering a fresh perspective on costume in fashion, art, and theatrics, Barbieri emphasizes costume's value as a topic for critical debate. Including contemporary case studies ranging from the influential work of Julie Taymor, Martha Graham, and Leigh Bowery through to ballet, circus, and the spectacles of the Olympic ceremonies, the book also surveys costume's historical roots in ritual and traditional dance. With chapters exploring themes such as authenticity, the grotesque and exaggerated body, and technology in the post-dramatic era, Costume in Performance draws on global examples from ancient Greece to the surreal theatre of Switzerland to highlight how costume is approached internationally. Illustrated in color throughout, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of costume design, fashion studies and performance studies, as well as practitioners.
9781474236874 English 1474236871 Costume has the power to stun audiences with its beauty and pageantry, to create an authentic reality, and even to shock and disturb. This unique overview of costume for performance explores the ways in which the costumed body is fundamental in the construction of meaning for audiences and performers within a range of artistic, cultural, and historical contexts. Offering a fresh perspective on costume in fashion, art, and theatrics, Barbieri emphasizes costume's value as a topic for critical debate. Including numerous contemporary case studies ranging from the influential work of Julie Taymor, Martha Graham, and Leigh Bowery through to ballet, circus, and the spectacles of the Olympic ceremonies, the book also surveys costume's historical roots in ritual and traditional dance. With chapters exploring themes such as authenticity, the grotesque and exaggerated body, and technology in the post-dramatic era, Costume in Performance draws on global examples from ancient Greece to the surreal theatre of Switzerland to highlight how costume is approached internationally. Accessibly written and beautifully illustrated, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of costume design, fashion studies, performance studies, as well as practitioners., This beautifully illustrated book articulates the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding associations between contemporary practices and historical manifestations, costume is explored in six thematic chapters, examining the transformative ritual of costuming; choruses as reflective of society; the grotesque, transgressive costume; the female sublime as emancipation; costume as sculptural art in motion; and the here-and-now as history. Viewing the material costume as a crucial aspect in the preparation, presentation and reception of live performance, the book brings together costumed performances through history. These range from ancient Greece to modern experimental productions, from medieval theatre to modernist dance, from the 'fashion plays' to contemporary Shakespeare, marking developments in both culture and performance. Conveying the relationship between dress, the body and human existence, and acknowledging a global as well as an Anglo and Eurocentric perspective, this book reveals costume's ability to cross both geographical and disciplinary borders. Through it, we come to question the extent to which the material costume actually "co-authors" the performance itself, articulating embodied histories, states of being and never-before imagined futures, which come to life in the temporary space of the performance."With a contribution by Melissa Trimingham, University of Kent, UK", This beautifully illustrated book conveys the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding associations between contemporary practices and historical manifestations, costume is explored in six thematic chapters, examining the transformative ritual of costuming; choruses as reflective of society; the grotesque, transgressive costume; the female sublime as emancipation; costume as sculptural art in motion; and the here-and-now as history.Viewing the material costume as a crucial aspect in the preparation, presentation and reception of live performance, the book brings together costumed performances through history. These range from ancient Greece to modern experimental productions, from medieval theatre to modernist dance, from the 'fashion plays' to contemporary Shakespeare, marking developments in both culture and performance.Revealing the relationship between dress, the body and human existence, and acknowledging a global as well as an Anglo and Eurocentric perspective, this book shows costume's ability to cross both geographical and disciplinary borders. Through it, we come to question the extent to which the material costume actually co-authors the performance itself, speaking of embodied histories, states of being and never-before imagined futures, which come to life in the temporary space of the performance. With a contribution by Melissa Trimingham, University of Kent, UK, This overview of costume for performance explores how costume is fundamental in the construction of meaning for audiences and performers within a range of artistic, cultural, and historical contexts. Offering a fresh perspective on costume in fashion, art, and theatrics, Barbieri emphasizes costume's value as a topic for critical debate. Including contemporary case studies ranging from the influential work of Julie Taymor, Martha Graham, and Leigh Bowery through to ballet, circus, and the spectacles of the Olympic ceremonies, the book also surveys costume's historical roots in ritual and traditional dance. With chapters exploring themes such as authenticity, the grotesque and exaggerated body, and technology in the post-dramatic era, Costume in Performance draws on global examples from ancient Greece to the surreal theatre of Switzerland to highlight how costume is approached internationally. Illustrated in color throughout, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of costume design, fashion studies and performance studies, as well as practitioners.