Futurist Performance"The art movement known as Futurism began in 1909 with the publication of the "Foundation and Manifesto and Futurism" by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Although the work of the Italian Futurist painters and sculptors is widely known and their contribution generally understood, Futurist developments in the performance arts, many of them created by the same painters and sculptors, are almost completely unknown in this country. This book attempts to survey these developments in a systematic way and to explain their importance. It covers Futurist work in the fields of drama, scenography, acting, dance, music, cinema, and radio, and it concerns itself both with actual performance and with performance theory, which was elucidated primarily in a series of manifestos.... Futurist Performance shows clearly how in its rejection of traditional forms, its relationship to the other arts, its non-naturalistic nature, concern with "audience involvement" and with the physicalization of the performance, Futurist theatre is especially significant in the light of recent developments in modern theatre. An invaluable appendix to this book contains Victoria Nes Kirby's translations from the Italian of thirteen manifestos and forty-eight playscripts. The author includes a selected chronology of Futurist performance for the period 1909-33, and the book contains fifty-six illustrations."--Back cover. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Origins of Futurist Performance | 12 |
The Variety Theatre Manifesto | 19 |
Copyright | |
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